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    Jackie Calmes: Will that special counsel report light a fire under Biden the Elderly?

    by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times Feb 11, 2024 3 minutes
    U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, urging Congress to pass the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

    Sure, special counsel Robert Hur absolved President Joe Biden of any criminality in retaining classified documents after his vice presidency. But was the Republican lawyer nonetheless angling for a federal judgeship from a future Republican president — say, from a reelected and grateful Donald Trump — with the investigatory report he released Thursday?

    Hur, , would hardly seem to be for a judicial nomination by finding that "no criminal charges are warranted" against Biden, and that there's no parallel with involving classified information. Except for this:

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