Democrats are fiercely defending President Joe Biden after a special counsel report exonerating him of any legal ramifications for possessing classified material described the 81-year-old world leader as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
Political strategists tell theGrio that Black voters are likely not concerned about the claims made by Department of Justice special counsel Robert Hur and are more concerned about President Biden delivering for their communities – which they argue is plentiful.
Hur, who led a months-long investigation into Biden after classified documents were found in his private residence last summer, was slammed by the White House on Friday after he claimed in his final report that the president’s memory was “severely limited.”
The Republican prosecutor, whom U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed to conduct an independent investigation into the Biden documents case, asserted in his report that the president could not recall specific dates like when his son, Beau, died of cancer in 2015 or when his term as vice president under President Barack Obama began.
A few short hours after the report’s release on Thursday, President Biden delivered evening remarks telling the American public that his “memory is fine.” Growing emotional while discussing his deceased son, Biden said, “How in the hell dare he raise that? Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself, it wasn’t any of their damn business.”
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who served under President Obama, said in a statement on X that Hur – a former U.S. attorney appointed by former President Donald Trump – included “too many gratuitous remarks” that were “flatly inconsistent with long-standing DOJ traditions.”
Similarly, Vice President Kamala Harris told a reporter on Friday, “The way that the president’s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong…
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