Former President Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to twist reality for his own benefit. Even when presented with a perfectly viable truth that he can use to his advantage, he’d still prefer to spin a tall tale on top of it. There’s nothing that Trump won’t embellish if there’s a chance it makes him look just a little better off or sound a little more impressive.
Case in point: Special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents during his years as a private citizen is plenty damaging on its own. The lengthy report was unusually harsh in its criticisms of Biden, and Hur’s sharp comments about the president’s age have the Democratic political class in a panic since the report’s release last Thursday. But rather than use Hur’s words as a weapon against Biden, Trump has warped them into a shield to defend himself.
Rather than use Hur’s words as a weapon against Biden, Trump has warped them into a shield to defend himself.
“It was just announced that Joe Biden’s Department of Injustice will bring zero charges against crooked Joe despite the fact he willfully retained undisclosed droves of ultra-classified national security documents,” Trump said at a National Rifle Association event on Friday. Bombast aside, that statement is remarkably accurate by Trumpian standards. Hur wrote in his report that there was “evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.” Hur also said that though there was enough proof to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, even if Biden wasn’t president, he would not recommend bringing charges against him.
But Trump kept going. “If Biden is not going to be charged, he said, that’s up to them, you know, look, if he’s not going to be charged, that’s up to them, but then I should not be charged,” he told the crowd. In case you’d forgotten, included among the many…
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