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Should Joe Biden Resign? February 9, 2024
A day after the harsh report from special counsel Robert Hur into President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents calls are growing for the president to bow out of the 2024 race, and even to consider stepping down.
On Friday morning, the National Review, The Telegraph, and The New York Post were among the major news outlets that suggested it was time to address Biden's ability to serve as president.
Just a month ago as the 2024 primary season was about to ramp up, The Hill reminded readers that Biden said if Donald Trump were not running for the Republican nomination, the president might not be seeking a second term.
Now following the release of the Hur report, the calls for Biden to step aside are growing ever louder.
Hur's 388-page report found that while there is evidence that Biden "willfully retained" and shared highly classified materials when he was a private citizen – including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan – it recommended that charges were not warranted. However, it put into question Biden's mental health, notably his memory.
"We have also considered that, 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. Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him-by then a former president well into his eighties-of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness," the report stated.
It further described the 81-year-old Democrat's memory as "hazy," "fuzzy," "faulty," "poor" and most damningly suggested it has "significant limitations." It suggested that Biden couldn't recall many defining milestones in his life – notably when his son Beau died or even the years he served as vice president.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/shou...ign-209242
A day after the harsh report from special counsel Robert Hur into President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents calls are growing for the president to bow out of the 2024 race, and even to consider stepping down.
On Friday morning, the National Review, The Telegraph, and The New York Post were among the major news outlets that suggested it was time to address Biden's ability to serve as president.
Just a month ago as the 2024 primary season was about to ramp up, The Hill reminded readers that Biden said if Donald Trump were not running for the Republican nomination, the president might not be seeking a second term.
Now following the release of the Hur report, the calls for Biden to step aside are growing ever louder.
Hur's 388-page report found that while there is evidence that Biden "willfully retained" and shared highly classified materials when he was a private citizen – including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan – it recommended that charges were not warranted. However, it put into question Biden's mental health, notably his memory.
"We have also considered that, 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. Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him-by then a former president well into his eighties-of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness," the report stated.
It further described the 81-year-old Democrat's memory as "hazy," "fuzzy," "faulty," "poor" and most damningly suggested it has "significant limitations." It suggested that Biden couldn't recall many defining milestones in his life – notably when his son Beau died or even the years he served as vice president.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/shou...ign-209242
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