{"id":2246004,"date":"2024-05-16T13:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-joe-biden-is-sharp-as-ever-why-is-he-trying-to-suppress-the-hur-audio\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:50:45","slug":"if-joe-biden-is-sharp-as-ever-why-is-he-trying-to-suppress-the-hur-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-joe-biden-is-sharp-as-ever-why-is-he-trying-to-suppress-the-hur-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Joe Biden Suppressing the Hur Audio if He&#8217;s Still Sharp?"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fif-joe-biden-is-sharp-as-ever-why-is-he-trying-to-suppress-the-hur-audio%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=2246004&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--><p>The article discusses praise \u2063for Joe\u2063 Biden&#8217;s mental acuity \u200band\u2062 the \u200beffort to suppress interview audio.\u2064 Special \u200dCounsel Hur released Biden\u200c due to memory issues. AG Garland argues for executive\u2064 privilege on the audio, though Hur is not Biden&#8217;s advisor. The transcripts are available, raising questions on the need for privacy. Biden&#8217;s conflicting statements about \u200chis son add to the complexity. The \u200darticle covers Joe Biden&#8217;s\u2063 mental sharpness, the attempt to withhold interview audio, Special Counsel Hur&#8217;s decision based on memory concerns, AG Garland&#8217;s executive privilege\u200d argument, \u200dthe \u200bavailability\u2062 of transcripts questioning privacy necessity, and Biden&#8217;s contradictory statements regarding his son, contributing\u2063 to the \u2062controversy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-sg\/news\/other\/democrats-claim-joe-biden-is-as-sharp-as-ever-and-are-standing-by-the-incredible-81-year-old-president-despite-scathing-report-questioning-his-mental-acuity\/ar-BB1ib7as\">is<\/a> as \u201csharp as ever,\u201d a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/media-democrats-insist-biden-strong-mental-acuity-special-counsel-probe-exposes-poor-memory\">blessed<\/a> with \u201cstrong mental acuity,\u201d and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/watch-garland-defends-bidens-mental-fitness-and-says-he-has-complete-confidence-in-him\">possession<\/a> of preternaturally incisive intellect. This is just some of the commentary we heard after Special Counsel Robert Hur let the president off the hook for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-a-special-counsel-to-investigate-joe-bidens-classified-documents-case-pronto\/\" title=\"We Need A Special Counsel To Investigate Joe Biden\u2019s Classified Documents Case, Pronto\">pilfering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">classified documents<\/a><\/a> because he was an \u201celderly man with a poor memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If all of this is true, though, why is the president trying to suppress audio of the interview?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1889515489\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f7602f83080b0c03376de6dc2d972701 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f7602f83080b0c03376de6dc2d972701\"><\/div>\n<p>Merrick Garland, one of the most nakedly partisan AGs in memory, has advised Biden to argue that the audio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/16\/politics\/house-panels-contempt-garland-biden-audio\/index.html\">falls under<\/a> executive privilege, which exists to allow a president to engage in candid and confidential conversations with his advisers without worrying about public disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Garland\u2019s argument is odd for two reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The first, which seems especially pertinent, is that Hur <em>isn\u2019t an adviser to the president.<\/em> Tasked with investigating Biden\u2019s decades-long mishandling of classified documents, Hur didn\u2019t offer the president any guidance or chew the fat or work on policy or swap confidential stories. Hur was trying to figure out why Biden was hoarding classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>The only reason, we should recall, Hur let Biden walk was that he believed the president lacked the mental acuity to be charged by a jury for breaking the law. Which means the tape will be important in allowing the public to ascertain whether the president is senile. This part is especially pertinent <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/23\/none-of-bidens-excuses-for-having-classified-documents-make-any-sense\/\">considering<\/a> the other major presidential candidate is being prosecuted for the same crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-47ea541cd053aae99ab14a519138c522 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-47ea541cd053aae99ab14a519138c522\"><\/div>\n<p>Second, <em>we already have the transcripts of the conversation.<\/em> How could the interview fall under executive privilege when we already know what was discussed?<\/p>\n<p>Recall, as well, that Biden was cognizant enough to have lied about the interview, which gives us another reason to want to hear it. \u201cThere\u2019s even a reference that I don\u2019t remember when my son died,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?533501-1\/president-biden-remarks-special-counsels-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">barked<\/a> at reporters after Hur released the report. \u201cHow in the hell dare he raise that? Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself: It wasn\u2019t any of their damn business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-judiciary.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/doj-hjc-hur-0000033-0000191.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transcript<\/a> shows that Biden was the one who brought up his\u00a0late son Beau, not Hur. The president claimed he believed Beau had died in 2017 or 2018 when he had died of brain cancer in 2015. I\u2019m sorry, that\u2019s not the kind of event that slips a healthy person\u2019s mind. Perhaps a president who has spent years trying to emotionally manipulate the public with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/09\/joe-biden-needs-to-stop-lying-to-gold-star-families-that-his-son-died-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misleading claims<\/a> about the cause of his son\u2019s death was just confused.<\/p>\n<p>What the attempted suppression of the audio tells us is that this interaction \u2014 and others \u2014 will have far more impact on audio. And the White House has basically admitted as much.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cfa02e1492bf3ed0acbcbcabd82c3b53 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cfa02e1492bf3ed0acbcbcabd82c3b53\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe absence of a legitimate need for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-exerts-executive-privilege-over-robert-hur-tapes\/\" title=\"Biden asserts executive privilege on Robert Hur tapes\">audio recordings lays bare<\/a> your likely goal \u2014 to chop them up, distort them, and use them for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">partisan political purposes<\/a>,\u201d White House Counsel Ed Siskel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/16\/us\/politics\/republicans-merrick-garland-contempt.html\">wrote<\/a> in a letter to House Republicans. \u201cDemanding such sensitive and constitutionally protected law enforcement materials from the executive branch because you want to manipulate them for potential political gain is inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First off, the tape is not \u201cconstitutionally protected law enforcement material,\u201d whatever that means. There was never any expectation that the interview would not be made public. Nor is there anything \u201cinappropriate\u201d or illegal about using excerpts from an existing audio of a real conversation for political purposes. This is done thousands of times every year in political ads. Democrats have this habit of creating new rules whenever it suits them.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, one of the central arguments made by Republicans is that Biden isn\u2019t mentally fit for the job. That\u2019s a completely legitimate concern. It was a topic brought up in congressional hearings when Hur was grilled by Democrats. It should be a topic that real journalists are interested in figuring out. It is the kind of transparency that defenders of \u201cdemocracy\u201d should demand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3403118d890d467ec1e4782532dc962d fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3403118d890d467ec1e4782532dc962d\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden praised for his sharpness and mental acuity. Special Counsel Hur let him off for mishandling documents due to poor memory. 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