Intent

The controversy around special counsel Hur's decision not to prosecute Biden could have been avoided if he had followed the strategy that FBI director Comey used in the Hillary email case. Comey said Hillary violated the law in using a private email server but her actions didn't warrant criminal charges. He said she was extremely careless and negligent. James Comey has stuck by his claim that declining to bring charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information was the right call because proof of intent was lacking.  The key word is "intent". Special counsel Hur could have said that Biden violated the law by removing classified documents but his actions did not warrant criminal charges because he did not have "intent". General intent is an actual intent to perform some act, but without a wish for the consequences that result from that act. For most people who do not study law this intent stuff sounds like a get out of jail free card.