Uproar over Biden classified documents report carries echoes of 2016 Clinton email case

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The release of a harshly critical Justice Department special counsel report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified information has triggered instant flashbacks to the history-shaping events of 2016. That’s when then-FBI Director James Comey castigated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over her email practices but also recommended against charges. Both announcements were derided by Democrats not only for the potential to unduly shape public perception in an election year but also for the inclusion of what they saw as gratuitous swipes. In particular, Hur’s detailed discussion of apparent memory lapses by Biden revived a debate about how much information is appropriate to place in the public realm about individuals like Biden and Clinton who are investigated but not charged.