The White House is reportedly frustrated with Justice Department Secretary Merrick Garland, and sources told Politico that Biden believes the official should have reined in special counsel Robert Hur before his stinging report came out. Biden's mind.
Politico reporters Jonathan Lemire and Sam Stein published a report Friday that said: “Joe Biden has told aides and outside advisers that Attorney General Merrick Garland did not do enough to stop a special counsel report that claimed the president “He had diminished mental faculties, according to two people close to the president.”
NO BID FEES FOLLOWING SPECIAL COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATION INTO IMPROPER HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
According to Politico, sources close to President Biden say the leader is upset with Justice Department head Merrick Garland following the release of the Hur report this week. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The two reporters offered a candid snapshot of Biden's displeasure with the report, which, while clearing him of wrongdoing in his own classified documents case, included a description of his “poor memory” held by his administration, Democratic Party figures and professionals. Biden voices in the media doing damage control.
“Biden and his closest advisers believe that Hur went far beyond his competence and was gratuitous and misleading in his descriptions, according to those two people, who were granted anonymity to speak freely,” the journalists stated, adding that The administration is putting “some of the blame” on Garland.
The Secretary of the Department of Justice named Hur as special counsel to investigate President Biden's handling of classified documents dating back to the Obama administration just over a year ago.
The case went from a mere review to a full-fledged special counsel investigation once a second cache of documents was found inside the garage of Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware. The first documents were found inside the Washington offices of the Penn Biden Center think tank.
At the time, Garland noted, “The special prosecutor will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any department official, but must comply with department regulations, procedures and policies.”
As Politico reporters added, Biden and his advisers say Garland “should have demanded edits to Hur's report, including the descriptions of Biden's faltering memory.”
ROBERT K. HUR, SPECIAL COUNSEL OFFERED, MONITORED THE ALLEGATIONS OF SENIOR BALTIMORE OFFICIALS
Biden is reportedly upset with Garland for failing to monitor special counsel Robert Hur's report that was released Thursday and accused Biden of having a “bad memory.” (Reuters/Getty)
According to the two journalists, the administration is so frustrated with Garland that “most of the president's top advisers do not believe the attorney general will remain in his job for a possible second term.”
One of the sources told the outlet: “This has been brewing for a while. No one is happy.”
The reporters referenced other points of friction between Biden and Garland that have been growing, one of them being the length of the special counsel's investigation into Hunter Biden.
“Last year, Biden privately denounced how long the investigation into his son was taking, telling aides and outside allies that he believed the stress could cause Hunter Biden to slip back into addiction,” the sources told reporters. , adding that the president told confidants that “Garland should not have authorized a special prosecutor to investigate his son, believing he was again bowing to outside pressure.”
Additionally, they said Biden has been bothered that Garland has moved too slowly in his investigations into former President Trump.
The reporters wrote: “In recent weeks, President Biden has complained to aides and advisers that if Garland had moved forward with his investigation into former President Donald Trump's election interference, the trial may have already been underway or even “would have ended, according to two people who were granted anonymity to discuss private matters.”
Both the White House and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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