Robert Hur identified evidence that Joe Biden willfully retained classified materials after his vice presidency.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowJul 30, 2026
The sources confirm that Special Counsel Robert Hur's report found evidence Biden willfully retained classified materials after his vice presidency, but the post attributes the investigation to its own speaker ('My team and I'), not to Hur, so the extracted claim departs from the passage and cannot be graded as the post's claim.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
What was said
… See why so many believers are taking a leap of faith. Start today by visiting chministries.org slash charlie and use promo code CHARLIE for a 50% credit towards your first month. That's chministries.org slash charlie and use promo code CHARLIE. My team and I conducted a thorough independent investigation. We identified evidence that the President willfully retained classified materials after the end of his vice presidency, when he was a private citizen. This evidence included an audio recorded conversation during which, during which Mr. Biden told his ghostwriter that he had, quote, "just found all the classified stuff downstairs." Mr. …
The Charlie Kirk Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Hur's report states that 'our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.'[3][4][5]
Supports. PolitiFact reports that Hur found evidence Biden willfully retained classified documents, though he declined to prosecute.[1]
Context. The post says 'My team and I conducted a thorough independent investigation' and 'We identified evidence,' attributing the finding to its speaker rather than to Robert Hur, which is the extraction's referent change.
Context. Hur also concluded the evidence did not establish Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and recommended no criminal charges, which the claim omits.[2][4]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Fact-checking claims about special counsel report on Bidenpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Biden will not face charges over classified papers, says ' ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Chairman Jordan Opening Statement at Hearing on the Report of Special ...judiciary.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Biden won’t be charged in classified docs case; special ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 5Biden willfully kept classified documents: special counselcnbc.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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