{"id":2171769,"date":"2024-02-08T20:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T01:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-fumes-over-special-counsel-report-highlighting-bidens-poor-memory\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T20:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T01:20:42","slug":"white-house-fumes-over-special-counsel-report-highlighting-bidens-poor-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-fumes-over-special-counsel-report-highlighting-bidens-poor-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"White House angered by report on Biden&#8217;s &#8216;weak recollection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-fumes-over-special-counsel-report-highlighting-bidens-poor-memory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2171769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden&#8217;s White House Counsel \u2064Criticizes Special Counsel&#8217;s Report\u200c on Memory Issues<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2064White House counsel for President Joe Biden expressed\u200b strong disagreement with the special counsel&#8217;s report on Biden&#8217;s handling \u2062of classified material, particularly the\u2064 sections that highlighted his memory problems. Richard Sauber, Special Counsel to the\u200d President, and Bob Bauer, Biden&#8217;s personal counsel, wrote \u200ca letter to Special Counsel Robert Hur, stating \u2064their belief that the report&#8217;s treatment of Biden&#8217;s memory was inaccurate and inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063report acknowledged\u200b that Biden had retained and disclosed classified materials\u200d after his vice presidency, \u200cbut \u2062concluded that no criminal charges \u200bwere warranted. \u2063However, the report&#8217;s assessment of Biden&#8217;s\u2064 mental fitness could have\u200b significant implications for his re-election campaign, as \u200ba majority of American voters have concerns about his age and health.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Memory Issues Raise Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Biden&#8217;s memory was significantly \u200dlimited, both during his recorded\u2064 interviews\u200d with the ghostwriter in 2017, and in \u2063his interview with our\u2063 office in 2023,&#8221; stated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-fbi-official-violated-policy-accepted-dinners-and-black-tie-event-invitations-from-media\/\" title=\"Senior FBI Official Violated Policy, Accepted Dinners And Black-Tie Event Invitations From Media\">special counsel report<\/a>. \u2064&#8221;We\u200b have also considered \u200cthat, at trial, Mr. Biden would\u200d 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prosecutors acknowledged that jurors would find\u200d it\u2063 challenging to convict Biden, given his age and memory issues. Biden&#8217;s\u2064 lawyers argued \u2064that the report\u200d used prejudicial language to describe \u2063a common occurrence among witnesses: a lack\u200c of recall of past events.\u2064 They claimed\u200b that such remarks had no\u2062 place in a Department of\u2064 Justice \u200creport and that there was ample evidence of Biden performing well during questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s lawyers attributed his memory issues to the October 7 terrorist \u200battack in Israel, which\u200d occurred the day\u200d before the interview.\u2063 They also downplayed the seriousness\u200c of his memory problems, stating that it was \u200dnot unusual for individuals to struggle with recalling details from years ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Signs of Memory Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Contrary to the \u200blawyers&#8217; claims, the special counsel&#8217;s report \u2064highlighted major events that Biden struggled to remember, even during his 2017 interviews with a ghostwriter.\u2063 The report\u2062 described Biden as &#8220;struggling to remember events and straining at times to read and relay \u2062his own notebook entries,&#8221; \u200dindicating signs of diminished \u2064faculties and faulty memory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The special counsel,\u200b Robert Hur,\u2064 confirmed that Biden&#8217;s memory was worse during their interview. Biden could not recall when his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miranda-devine-deep-state-cant-cover-for-scale-of-biden-corruption\/\" title=\"Miranda Devine: Biden Corruption Too Big for Deep State to Conceal.\">vice presidency ended<\/a> or began,\u200b and he even forgot when his son Beau died. His memory also appeared hazy \u200bwhen discussing the Afghanistan debate, mistakenly citing General Karl Eikenberry as\u2062 an opponent instead \u2064of an ally.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s lawyers\u2064 criticized the\u2064 special counsel for treating Biden differently from other\u200b witnesses and using prejudicial language \u200bto describe his \u200cmemory. They argued that such language was not supported by the facts and was inappropriate for a \u200dfederal prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways does \u200bthe \u200creport&#8217;s characterization of Biden&#8217;s memory \u200cas &#8220;significantly limited&#8221; overlook a \u2064broader\u200d context of his\u2064 cognitive\u2064 abilities?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rgued \u2064that the report&#8217;s focus on his memory problems \u2063was unfair \u2062and potentially misleading. \u200cThey insisted\u200b that Biden&#8217;s memory issues\u2062 were not significant and should \u2063not \u200bbe a determining factor in assessing his fitness for office.<\/p>\n<p>In their letter to Special Counsel Robert Hur, Sauber and Bauer \u200bcriticized the report&#8217;s characterization of Biden&#8217;s memory as &#8220;significantly limited.&#8221; They argued that this assessment was based on \u2063a narrow interpretation of \u2064the evidence \u200cand ignored a broader context of Biden&#8217;s \u200bcognitive abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, they contended that the report&#8217;s mention of Biden presenting\u200b himself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hur-report-portrays-biden-as-elderly-man-with-poor-memory\/\" title=\"Report depicts Biden as 'aging individual' with 'impaired recollection\">sympathetic elderly man<\/a>\u200b with a poor \u2064memory\u2064 during\u200b a trial was\u2062 irrelevant and potentially prejudicial. They insisted\u200b that Biden should not be judged solely on his\u200d memory abilities, but rather on his overall competence and leadership qualities.<\/p>\n<p>Sauber and\u2062 Bauer also raised \u200dconcerns about the potential \u2064impact of the report on Biden&#8217;s re-election \u2062campaign. They\u200d highlighted the fact that \u200da majority of American voters\u200b have concerns\u200d about Biden&#8217;s \u2063age and health, and the report&#8217;s focus on his memory problems \u2064could further exacerbate these concerns. They \u200curged Hur to reconsider the inclusion of these sections in the \u200cfinal report.<\/p>\n<p>The special counsel&#8217;s report has sparked a debate about the relevance of memory issues in assessing a\u200d political leader&#8217;s \u2062fitness for office. While some argue that memory problems can have\u2063 serious \u200bimplications \u2063for decision-making and leadership, others insist \u2064that it should not be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharpton-calls-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-ruling-a-dagger-in-our-back\/\" title=\"Al Sharpton slams Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling as a betrayal.\">sole determining factor<\/a>, \u2062especially considering the complexities of the modern \u2063political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>As President Biden continues to navigate the challenges of his presidency, it remains to\u2064 be seen how this controversy will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-finally-speaks-out-on-biden-impeachment-inquiry\/\" title=\"Trump comments on Biden impeachment inquiry.\">impact public perception<\/a> of his leadership abilities.\u200d The debate surrounding his memory issues is likely to persist, as his supporters and \u2064critics\u200c continue to scrutinize his actions\u2063 and statements. Ultimately, the American people will have the final say \u2064on whether they believe Biden&#8217;s memory problems \u200care\u2062 a cause for concern or if they should focus on other aspects of his presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s legal team expressed strong objections to the special counsel\u2019s report on the criminal investigation into Biden\u2019s handling of classified material. They particularly took issue with sections of the report that emphasized Biden\u2019s significant memory problems. In a letter to Special Counsel Robert, Richard Sauber and Bob Bauer, Special Counsel to the President and Biden\u2019s personal counsel, voiced their concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2171770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/AJB-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/AJB-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}