It is often said that every Senator looks in the mirror and sees a president. So too prosecutors see the reflection of a judge, even the judicial robes of a Supreme Court justice. Certainly Special Counsel, Robert Hur has the credentials to make history as the first Asian American to so ascend.
He clerked for late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Hur is a graduate of Stanford Law School, where he was editor of the law review, and was an undergraduate at Harvard College. Hur served as top aide to then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein before his appointment as the U.S.attorney in Maryland by, then president, Trump. He is currently a partner with a prestigious, and politically connected, law firm.
As Special Counsel investigating the retention of documents by President Biden, Hur had a peek at an obstacle to his blind ambition. The case against the President is weak and unwinnable. But dismissing the case would anger the MAGA base of the Republican Party. As a Republican, Hur's judicial goal rests in the hands of a future Republican president.
The ugly solution was to vindicate Biden, but issue a politically damaging report, replete with gratuitous insults and attacks. Splitting the baby may be politically wise, but it demonstrates that Hur lacks the integrity and temperament to serve on the highest court.
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