White House pressured special counsel Robert Hur that his report on Bidens classified docs should be economical claimed it could threaten national security

Former President Joe Biden’s lawyers pressured the special counsel investigating the ex-commander in chief’s classified documents scandal to be “economical” in his report, arguing that the criminal probe could have national security implications, according to documents released Thursday.The demands were made to special counsel Robert Hur in a series of October 2023 letters from Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer and former White House Special Counsel Richard Sauber. The Biden legal team’s missives to Hur – sent months before the release of his scathing report on the former president’s handling of sensitive material – are among several previously unseen documents and emails obtained by Judicial Watch Thursday via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.“[T]o the extent that your report touches in any way upon procedures in this or prior administrations for the handling of sensitive national security information, your report will also be read with intense interest in every foreign capital,” Bauer and Sauber warned the special counsel in one Oct.18, 2023, letter. “It could affect the national security interests of the United States in ways that none of us can anticipate,” they added. Bauer and Sauber noted in the letter that they had previously pushed for Hur to allow them “time to review” the report and “discuss” it before its release. Days later, Sauber emails the special counsel’s office another letter demanding to see Hur’s findings – and once more tries to pressure the DOJ official.  “As you will see, based on the issues addressed in the letter, we are also reiterating our request to have the opportunity to review a draft of your report before it becomes public,” Sauber wrote in the Oct.

31, 2024 email.“We look forward to discussing these issues with you.”In the attached letter, Sauber argues that Hur’s report shouldn’t give a “full and complete” picture of the criminal investigation. “As dis...