In the
report released Thursday, Hur stated that Biden couldnāt recall when his son Beau died and said a jury would be sympathetic to Biden, who was described as a āwell-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.ā
Biden Thursday night
defended his mental capacity for the job and insisted that his memory is fine.
āIām well-meaning, and Iām an elderly man, and I know what the hell Iām doing. Iāve been president and I put this country back on its feet,ā he said during a press conference.
Holder was one of several former Obama administration officials speaking out against the comments on Bidenās āpoorā memory contained in the report.
Tommy Vietor, a former Obama White House aide who now co-hosts Pod Save America,
said the report was filled with āad hominem attacksā and was ājust a right-wing hit job from within Bidenās own DOJ.ā
āHur, a lifelong Republican and creature of DC, didnāt have a case against Biden, but he knew exactly how his swipes could hurt Biden politically,ā
said Jim Messina, Barack Obamaās 2012 campaign manager.