White House attacks 'politically motivated' Biden probe age comments
‘My memory is fine’: Biden hits back after report cites age concerns The White House directly targeted special counsel Robert Hur, a Republican who was appointed by then-president Trump to be US attorney for the District of Maryland in 2017. But it was Biden's own attorney general Merrick Garland who named Hur as special counsel in the documents case. Hur and his team identified several reasons why they weren’t recommending charges against Biden and what his defenses during a potential trial might be, including that he has a frail memory.
“Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory," the nearly 400-page report reads. The Democrat's supporters and aides rushed to defend him on an issue he's long been vulnerable on as he bids for reelection in November, most likely against Republican Donald Trump.
"The way that the president's demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and (was) clearly politically motivated," VP Harris said when asked about the report. With questions swirling about Biden's mental acuity, the spotlight is also on Harris as she would be first in line to succeed as president should he resign or be incapacitated. Both Biden and Harris are suffering from low approval ratings as they campaign for another four years in the White House.
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