L- Robert Hur R - Adam Schiff (Getty Images)
Schiff then suggested that Hur "could have" simply commented on instances where Biden could not remember information about certain documents rather than make a "generalized statement" about his memory, referencing the much talked about section of the report where Hur characterized Biden as an "elderly man with a poor memory."
"Congressman, I could have written my report theoretically in a way that omitted references to the president's memory," Hur explained. "But would have been an incomplete and improper report and that it did not reflect my analysis."
Schiff continued to press Hur and accused him of knowing he would start a "political firestorm" with the language he used to which Hurr said that "politics played no part whatsoever" in the investigation.
"What you did write was deeply prejudicial to the interests of the president, you say it wasn't political, and yet you must have understood," Schiff said. "You must have understood the impact of your words. You must have understood the impact of your decision to go beyond the specifics of a particular document, to go to the very general, to your own personal prejudice issues, subjective opinion of the president, one you knew would be amplified by his political opponent. When you knew that would influence a political campaign, you had to understand and you did it anyway. You did it anyway."
PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS INTERRUPT ADAM SCHIFF'S VICTORY SPEECH, DEMAND CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA
Congressman Adam Schiff speaks at the "Just Majority" Burbank Press Conference on May 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Demand Justice) (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Demand Justice)
"Congressman, what you are suggesting is that I shape, sanitize, omit portions of my reasoning, an explanation to the attorney general for political reasons," Hur said.
"No," Schiff shot back. "I suggest that you do not shape report for political reasons, which is what you did."
"That did not happen, Congressman, that did not happen," Hur said back before the next line of questioning began.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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