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“Can’t make it up”: Experts say transcript shows special counsel Robert Hur “lied” about Biden (www.salon.com)

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The full transcript undercuts Hur's claims that Biden could not remember his son's death and had "poor" memory

The full transcript of President Joe Biden’s five-hour interview with special counsel Robert Hur’s investigators “paints a more nuanced portrait” of Biden’s memory than the special counsel’s report, according to The Washington Post, which noted that “Biden doesn’t come across as being as absent-minded as Hur has made him out to be.”

The transcript “could raise questions about Hur’s depiction of the 81-year-old president as having ‘significant limitations’ on his memory,” according to The Associated Press.

Hur in his report declined to charge Biden, arguing that it would be difficult to convince a jury to convict with a memory that the special counsel described as “faulty” and “poor,” noting that Biden could not recall when his son Beau died or when he served as vice president.

But Biden said exactly when his son died in the interview.

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[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 198 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This whole kerfuffle seems so stupid. Biden didn't take any memory tests, didn't get evaluated by a psychiatrist or any memory experts, and nobody authoritative on the topic of memory or brain function was involved.

A fair and accurate headline would have been "Republican lawyer thinks Biden is senile." A republican has that opinion? Stop the fucking presses

[-] Ciderpunk@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Even “liberal” media in the US loves Trump and will print anything that might further the close race narrative, regardless of veracity.

Trump gets eyeballs on news, which directly leads to ad revenue. US media is addicted to Trump as a means of selling ad space and would gladly let the country burn down for a few extra ad sales.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

It's fortunate that most voters find him so repulsive now that a bigger presence in the news seems to be bad for Trump nowadays.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

I miss the days when he was just the guy that hosted the apprentice show and was know for the catch phrase "you're fired". Simpler times

[-] TurtleJoe@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Nice little write up on that Here

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