WH Counsel's Office letter to the media about their distortions of the Hur report

[Nevilledog]

[Spazito]

1. Excellent letter...

thanks for posting this.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Do you have a link? I thought it would be at whitehouse.gov

But probably not looking at the right place.

I ask because the print is small.

[Nevilledog]

4. Got it straight from Ian's Twitter account

Link to tweet

Ian Sams
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The Special Counsel report was ~400 pages long, meandering and confusing. That led to a lot of misreporting on its conclusions, namely that it found POTUS “willfully retained” classified docs.

That’s wrong.

I sent a letter last night to the WH press corps explaining the facts:
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I'm able to zoom in on my iPad. If you're using a phone I'm sure that's more difficult. If I come across a link I'll let you know.

[LiberalFighter]

5. I would definitely appreciate it.

Especially if it able to copy and paste. I want to get it out and highlight different points.

I noticed that the document doesn't have a date on it. That is something they need to make sure is done.

[ificandream]

3. Thanks for posting this.

[Jose Garcia]

6. Great job of them keeping this story in the news

[Kingofalldems]

8. Yeah no.

Great job of calling out lies.

[Jose Garcia]

30. People tend to believe what they see

If President Biden wants to dispell the belief that he is in decline, he needs to show voters that he is still sharp. Ducking the pre-Super Bowl interview is certainly not helping.

[agingdem]

7. in short form...

are you journalists or Trump/MAGA stooge stenographers?...does your professional integrity take a back seat to lies and innuendo?...are clicks the price of truth?.....

[JudyM]

9. Thanks for posting this, Nevilledog.

Important news.

[Nevilledog]

15. ...

[Lonestarblue]

10. I haven't seen this letter or even acknowledgment of it published by the Post or the Times.

Why not?

[rubbersole]

17. They don't want to hurt their reputation.

[PatSeg]

11. I hope this letter gets covered

on cable news tonight. Sadly, too many viewers will accept the first version that they heard which was dishonest and misleading.

[flying_wahini]

12. It was 400 pages long???? I guess that's why they just wrote it down the way the others reporters did.

Lazy and inexcusable.

[PatSeg]

13. Very lazy indeed

Too anxious to be the first to report.

[ScratchCat]

14. But we still have one more question, Ian

And its important. Did Merrick Garland read or not read the report before it was released?

[ShazzieB]

24. That's an entirely separate issue.

And I suspect that the spokesman for the WH Counsel's office is not the best person to ask. (He doesn't work at the DOJ.)

[Wild blueberry]

16. Excellent letter

Thank you.

[1WorldHope]

18. I hoped this letter would also deal with the ageism factor.

[Poiuyt]

29. I was hoping for that too

At the very least, I'd like to see Biden continue to assure the public that his age will not be a factor in 2025 and beyond.

[Farmer-Rick]

19. I hope to see it

Fully discussed and reported on the news.....not holding my breath.

[StarryNite]

20. At best the press was sloppy.

At worst it was a deliberate act to skew the findings in an attempt to make Biden appear guilty of something he did not do. The press is sorely lacking in integrity.

[intheflow]

21. This should be taken out as a full 2-page ad in the NYT.

And other major papers, too, of course.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. I love good letters from a lawyer

[Cha]

23. Kick TY

[PTL_Mancuso]

25. Even if Hur the Hack were to retract this poison pen attack. . .

. . . it would have little to no effect on the original scurrilous reporting and what remains in the minds of the readers and listeners. And I can guarantee that that outcome is precisely what was intended.

[BadgerMom]

26. I love me some good pushback!

[grumpyduck]

27. Now let's see if anyone in the media

has the fucking honesty or integrity to publish it or retract their comments.

Oh, wait...

[Tribetime]

28. But will the media blast this message for 2 weeks

To make up for their blatant mistake

[Silent Type]

31. Unfortunately, no one will read a 4 page letter, much less a long report.

[SWBTATTReg]

32. I hope Hur suffers repercussions for his serious lack of judgment, as well as misleading all.