{"id":2435840,"date":"2025-05-16T23:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-the-audio-damning-2023-biden-cover-up-exposed-stunning-cognitive-collapse-caught-on-recording\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T23:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:57:12","slug":"we-have-the-audio-damning-2023-biden-cover-up-exposed-stunning-cognitive-collapse-caught-on-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-the-audio-damning-2023-biden-cover-up-exposed-stunning-cognitive-collapse-caught-on-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have the Audio: Damning 2023 Biden Cover-Up Exposed &#8211; Stunning Cognitive Collapse Caught on Recording"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fwe-have-the-audio-damning-2023-biden-cover-up-exposed-stunning-cognitive-collapse-caught-on-recording%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=2435840&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-house-rule-26-could-bar-trump-from-becoming-speaker-of-the-house\/\" title=\"GOP House &#039;Rule 26&#039; May Prevent Trump from Becoming House Speaker\">political news outlet<\/a> has reported on former President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline,citing an audio recording from an interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The recording allegedly shows Biden struggling to remember important events, such as the date of his son&#8217;s death and the year of Donald Trump&#8217;s election. Notably, the report highlights Biden&#8217;s long pauses and slurred speech during the interview, raising concerns about his mental acuity and supporting reasons why his White House team previously refused to release the recordings.<\/p>\n<p>The Hur interview took place as part of an investigation into Biden&#8217;s possible mishandling of classified documents found in his possession. Although Hur indicated that there was evidence suggesting Biden willfully retained classified materials, he ultimately chose not to prosecute him, citing concerns about how Biden would be perceived as a sympathetic elderly man with memory issues during a trial.<\/p>\n<p>This report comes amidst ongoing discussions, including by some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">mainstream media outlets<\/a>, concerning biden&#8217;s mental health. Conservative commentators have long questioned his cognitive abilities, while left-leaning media previously dismissed these claims as politically motivated. However, recent articles have surfaced detailing Biden&#8217;s cognitive struggles, including a forthcoming book by CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper that purportedly addresses Biden&#8217;s situation.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A political news outlet has published a damning report on former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline, complete with a clip from an audio recording of an infamous interview with special counsel Robert Hur.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/16\/biden-hur-tape-special-counsel-audio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> reported Friday that the recordings indicate Biden &ldquo;struggled to recall when his son died, when he left office as vice president, what year Donald Trump was elected or why he had classified documents he shouldn&rsquo;t have had.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report said, the recording captured &ldquo;long, uncomfortable pauses&rdquo; and instances of Biden &ldquo;occasionally slurring words and muttering.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The news outlet observed that the contents &ldquo;shed light on why his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-asserts-executive-privilege-block-release-damaging-special-counsel-audio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> refused to release the recordings last year, as questions mounted about his mental acuity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/special-counsel-hur-devastates-biden-house-testimony-president-willfully-retained-classified-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hur interview<\/a> came about during an investigation into Biden&rsquo;s alleged mishandling of classified documents, after investigators reported finding multiple such documents in Biden&rsquo;s offices and even stored in his garage.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Hur <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-judiciary.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/doj-hjc-hur-0000033-0000191.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed<\/a> Biden on Oct. 8 and 9, 2023, and later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/meeting\/house\/116942\/witnesses\/HHRG-118-JU00-Wstate-HurR-20240312.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified<\/a> to the House Judiciary Committee that &ldquo;My team and I &hellip; identified evidence that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >president willfully retained classified materials<\/a> after the end of his vice presidency, when he was a private citizen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Hur ultimately opted <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/4456879-special-counsel-describes-biden-as-elderly-man-with-a-poor-memory-in-eye-raising-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to prosecute<\/a> Biden, because &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That comment was widely reported, even in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jonathan-s-tobin-the-new-house-majority-must-impeach-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas\/\" title=\"Jonathan S. Tobin: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Must Be Impeached by the New House Majority\">liberal legacy media<\/a>, but Biden&rsquo;s team successfully &mdash; at least, for another month &mdash; squashed objections to his plan to run for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-drops-bomb-biden-debate-wants-race-not-man-four-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Special Counsel Hur on Capitol Hill:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My team and I conducted a thorough, independent investigation. We identified evidence that the president willfully retained classified materials after the end of his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96kEJJGVMY\">pic.twitter.com\/96kEJJGVMY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1767561203914576375?\">March 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Axios published a short clip of the interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ugM76taxz2E&amp;t=2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, which can be heard below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ugM76taxz2E?si=0YbcQlEpZG7OC2hQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Throughout Biden&rsquo;s presidency, and even during his 2020 campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/governor-hints-biden-mental-problems-beryl-response-not-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left-Wing Bias\">conservative news outlets<\/a><\/a> had raised questions about Biden&rsquo;s cognitive competence, which appeared to grow steadily worse in the latter years of his term.<\/p>\n<p>Left-leaning mainstream media outlets, however, persisted in discounting the rumors of Biden&rsquo;s mental decline, parroting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/psaki-forgets-doesnt-work-biden-anymore-rages-media-covering-mental-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> excuses calling the reports &ldquo;cheap fakes&rdquo; concocted by hostile conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, however, media outlets have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/14\/murphy-biden-cognitive-decline-2028-00349025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishing stories<\/a> that reveal details about Biden&rsquo;s cognitive struggles and how White House staffers helped conceal them.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-tapper-wants-praise-exposing-biden-cover-look-just-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Tapper<\/a> even has a new book coming out, &ldquo;Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&rdquo; which reportedly provides details on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Tapper himself was one of those who ran interference for Biden, insisting that negative reports about his declining mental capacity were &ldquo;mostly based on observations of Republicans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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