President Joe Biden’s press conference on Thursday has sent shockwaves throughout the Democratic Party, with several top officials reportedly saying on background that the event was an unmitigated disaster for the 81-year-old.
Biden held the press conference after Special Counsel Robert Hur released the findings from his criminal investigation into Biden’s handling of classified material which concluded that, while Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials,” no charges should be brought.
One of the top reasons that Hur argued that charges should not be brought was that Biden showed strong signs of having serious memory issues — including not remembering when his son died or when he served as vice president in the Obama administration. Hur concluded that a jury would view Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
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