In newly released audio from special counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 interview with then-President Joe Biden, long pauses and memory lapses are clearly audible, especially around key personal dates. He struggles to remember when his son Beau died, when he left office as vice president, and when Donald Trump was elected.
Biden’s lawyers repeatedly stepped in to prompt him or clarify his answers. Axios recently revealed that Biden’s administration initially withheld the recordings, citing executive privilege. Biden’s mental acuity and the political handling of the classified documents probe are back in the spotlight.
