09.25.18

Biden On FBI: ‘They Do Not Reach Conclusions’

Then-Judiciary Committee Chairman JOE BIDEN (D-DE) In 1991: The ‘FBI Explicitly Does Not, In This Or Any Other Case Reach A Conclusion, Period’

SEN. JOE BIDEN (D-DE), then-Judiciary Committee Chairman: “And the last thing I will point out, the next person who refers to an FBI report as being worth anything, obviously doesn’t understand anything. FBI explicitly does not, in this or any other case reach a conclusion, period, period.” (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, 10/12/1991)

  • BIDEN: “The reason why we cannot rely on the FBI report, you would not like it if we did, because it is inconclusive. They say he said, she said, and they said, period. So when people wave an FBI report before you, understand they do not, they do not, they do not reach conclusions. They do not make, as my friend points out more accurately, they do not make recommendations.” (U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, 10/12/1991)

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