WH Says Biden Wanted Press Conference to Address Report

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said it was actually President Joe Biden’s idea to address reporters directly following the release of special counsel Robert Hur’s report.

That report noted what it called Biden’s diminished cognitive abilities as a reason not to formally charge the president. Hur’s report of Biden’s classified documents case described Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

When asked in the White House press briefing room if it was Biden’s idea to meet the press, she confirmed, “It was the president’s idea. You saw the president out, do this, make a statement, take questions from all of you because he wanted to do it.”

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