During special counsel Robert Hur's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee about President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents, one Democrat lawmaker had a particularly revealing moment when he attempted to criticize Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) characterization of the 81-year-old president as "senile."
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) attempted to push back against Gaetz's description of the president but instead confirmed what many Americans already knew about the president's failing mental acuity. "That's what Joe Biden does in understanding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are important institutions that help seniors. Not senile people! I object to that comment. Nobody suggests that he is senile, and that is disrespectful of senior people with any kind of memory disability," Cohen said about the president's memory disability. "Lots of seniors have memory disabilities, but they are not senile, and to do such is shameful. Joe Biden is a competent, good president who knows American values."
As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, Hur concluded that the Department of Justice would bring no charges against Biden or members of his staff. However, the report also pointed out the extent of Biden's cognitive decline, with the report noting that Biden forgot when he was vice president in the Obama administration and when his son Beau died.
"In an interview with our office, Mr. Biden's memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended ('If it was 2013 - when did I stop being Vice President?'), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began ('in 2009, am I still Vice President?')," the report reads. "He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died. And his memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him."
"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," the report added.
The interview transcript, which was released Tuesday morning, also shows that Biden brought up his eldest son Beau's death but forgot when it took place. The president brought up his son's death in relation to a book he had written in 2017, two years after his eldest son passed away. "What month did Beau die? Oh God, May 30th...." Biden asked himself during the interview, according to the transcript. The White House lawyer then chimed in to remind the president that Beau died in 2015. "'Was it 2015 he died?" Biden asked aloud.
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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) attempted to push back against Gaetz's description of the president but instead confirmed what many Americans already knew about the president's failing mental acuity. "That's what Joe Biden does in understanding Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are important institutions that help seniors. Not senile people! I object to that comment. Nobody suggests that he is senile, and that is disrespectful of senior people with any kind of memory disability," Cohen said about the president's memory disability. "Lots of seniors have memory disabilities, but they are not senile, and to do such is shameful. Joe Biden is a competent, good president who knows American values."
As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, Hur concluded that the Department of Justice would bring no charges against Biden or members of his staff. However, the report also pointed out the extent of Biden's cognitive decline, with the report noting that Biden forgot when he was vice president in the Obama administration and when his son Beau died.
"In an interview with our office, Mr. Biden's memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president, forgetting on the first day of the interview when his term ended ('If it was 2013 - when did I stop being Vice President?'), and forgetting on the second day of the interview when his term began ('in 2009, am I still Vice President?')," the report reads. "He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died. And his memory appeared hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate that was once so important to him."
"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," the report added.
The interview transcript, which was released Tuesday morning, also shows that Biden brought up his eldest son Beau's death but forgot when it took place. The president brought up his son's death in relation to a book he had written in 2017, two years after his eldest son passed away. "What month did Beau die? Oh God, May 30th...." Biden asked himself during the interview, according to the transcript. The White House lawyer then chimed in to remind the president that Beau died in 2015. "'Was it 2015 he died?" Biden asked aloud.
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