Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo reacts to the special counsel saying the president has 'poor memory' on 'Your World.'
Joe Biden reacted angrily to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s conclusion that the president has "diminished faculties" and "poor," "faulty," and "hazy" memory – all of which Hur claimed supported not bringing charges for Biden’s mishandling of classified information. "We have also considered that, at trial, 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," Hur wrote.
In response, Biden insisted at a press conference last week that "my memory is fine," and said he believes he remains the most qualified person to serve as president. "How in the hell dare he raise that?" Biden asked, about Hur’s comments regarding his son’s death, saying he didn’t believe it was any of Hur’s business although Biden himself often mentions it in his speeches.
Biden’s surrogates aggressively criticized Hur’s report as "unseemly," "gratuitous," and an "abuse of power," and Biden himself criticized Hur as a "Republican counsel." Biden also reportedly told his aides and outside advisers that Garland did not do enough to "rein in" Hur’s report and demand that Hur edit out any politically embarrassing sections.
SPECIAL COUNSEL CALLS BIDEN 'SYMPATHETIC, WELL-MEANING, ELDERLY MAN WITH A POOR MEMORY,' BRINGS NO CHARGES
There is an easy solution to quell the Sturm und Drang caused by Hur’s evaluation of Biden’s mental fitness to stand trial. Biden should order Hur and Merrick Garland to release any and all transcripts and audio or video recordings, including Biden’s 5 hours of interviews with the Special Counsel’s team, which were done under oath, with redactions for only national defense information.
If neither Garland nor Biden will order the release of the special counsel’s investigatory material, Congress may........