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Scott Fitzgerald: “You declined charges because in summarizing your analysis…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

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Rep. Fitzgerald Q&A with Special Counsel Hur at Judiciary Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:57

And we did our best to resolve those conflicts just very quickly. In total, National Archives discovered nine documents totaling 44 pages with classification markings. Is that correct? From the Penn Biden Center? Yes. And You declined charges because in summarizing your analysis, you couldn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that retention of the documents was willful. Correct, sir. Very good. I yield back. (04:57–05:07)

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Asserts that charges were declined due to insufficient evidence of willful retention of documents.

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