U.S. House Rep. Cori Bush pulled no punches during a congressional hearing where she called Donald Trump the “former white supremacist-in-chief.”
The Missouri Democrat made the comments during a House Judiciary Committee hearing where Democrats and Republicans took testimony on former Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, which recommended no criminal charges for Biden following a federal investigation.
House Republicans allege partiality was exercised toward Biden. Meanwhile, Trump faces several charges for allegedly mishandling classified documents at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida. Democrats defended the president, noting that, unlike Trump, Biden cooperated with federal investigators.
Hur defended the findings in his report and stated that “partisan politics had no place whatsoever in my work.” He also said he did not “exonerate” Biden despite the decision not to charge the president.
Bush began trending on the social platform X for her remarks during the hearing.
“As my colleagues have pointed out, President Biden fully complied with the investigation conducted by Special Counsel Hur, who did not find evidence sufficient to warrant criminal charges,” Bush said. “Despite this outcome, Republicans have used the special counsel’s report to further their longstanding efforts to re-elect the former white supremacist-in-chief, Donald Trump who faces 40 criminal charges related to the mishandling of classified documents, including obstruction of justice.”
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