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0:49Now PlayingA transcript of President Joe Biden’s interview with Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Hur painted a mixed picture of his mental acuity, an issue Republicans have deployed as a cudgel in the 2024 election.
The roughly 250-page transcript reviewed by Bloomberg News revealed Biden spoke in vivid detail about his work process as vice president, policy debates at the time, the layout of his Wilmington home and even a historical reenactment he witnessed in Mongolia.
But Hur’s description of Biden in a report he released last month as “an elderly man with a poor memory” set off a political firestorm and in some ways overshadowed his decision not to charge the president over his handling of classified documents.
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