The special counsel's report says that it would be difficult to convict the president of improper handling of files because "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".
By all accounts he was interrogated for 5 hours, provided lots of details about documents he had misplaced a decade ago, and only seemed to forget some dates. Am I wrong to think that these lines in a report seem pretty unprofessional given this is a pretty typical outcome of any interrogation? Was his public perception under investigation?
That's a gigantic red flag. You could see it from orbit.
He then held a press conference where he got huffy about being accused of having a poor memory, right before confusing Mexico and Egypt's leaders and wandering around like a defective roomba.
I'm in my 30s and still regularly check my own resume to know what I was doing certain years. I assumed just not having a mind for dates was a normal thing? Should I get checked out?
Am I wrong to think that these lines in a report seem pretty unprofessional given this is a pretty typical outcome of any interrogation? Was his public perception under investigation?
The special council, Robert Hur, is a Republican. That party has been pushing the meme that Biden is "senile" with "crippling dementia" for years. I would assume that a part of the optics of this entire affair, as was the case with the Benghazi hearings (admitted by Kevin McCarthy to be entirely about damaging Hillary Clinton in the polls) and James Comey reopening the Clinton email investigation, is intended to damage the Democratic candidate's election chances in the public eye.
All Special Counsel in the last quarter century have been Republicans, as have all directors of the F.B.I. over the entire history of that bureau. No Democrat has been the Attorney General lately either. There is apparently a little-known clause of the Constitution that only Republicans can hold these offices.
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By all accounts he was interrogated for 5 hours, provided lots of details about documents he had misplaced a decade ago, and only seemed to forget some dates. Am I wrong to think that these lines in a report seem pretty unprofessional given this is a pretty typical outcome of any interrogation? Was his public perception under investigation?
The years he was VP, and the year his son died.
That's a gigantic red flag. You could see it from orbit.
He then held a press conference where he got huffy about being accused of having a poor memory, right before confusing Mexico and Egypt's leaders and wandering around like a defective roomba.
I'm in my 30s and still regularly check my own resume to know what I was doing certain years. I assumed just not having a mind for dates was a normal thing? Should I get checked out?
You think you'd forget the 8 years you were VP of the US? Or the decade your son died? Yeah, get checked out immediately.
The special council, Robert Hur, is a Republican. That party has been pushing the meme that Biden is "senile" with "crippling dementia" for years. I would assume that a part of the optics of this entire affair, as was the case with the Benghazi hearings (admitted by Kevin McCarthy to be entirely about damaging Hillary Clinton in the polls) and James Comey reopening the Clinton email investigation, is intended to damage the Democratic candidate's election chances in the public eye.
All Special Counsel in the last quarter century have been Republicans, as have all directors of the F.B.I. over the entire history of that bureau. No Democrat has been the Attorney General lately either. There is apparently a little-known clause of the Constitution that only Republicans can hold these offices.