Garland defends Biden's mental fitness after special counsel Hur criticized his memory
"I have watched him expertly guide meetings," the attorney general said.
ByAlexander Mallin
April 16, 2024, 11:04 AM
Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers on Tuesday he has "complete confidence" in President Joe Biden's mental fitness for office, despite findings by special counsel Robert Hur whose report issued in February included embarrassing and disputed characterizations about the president's memory and age.
"If you're asking me about my own observations as a member of the National Security Council and a member of the president's Cabinet, I have complete confidence in the president," Garland said during a House Appropriations hearing.
"I have watched him expertly guide meetings of staff and Cabinet members on issues of foreign affairs and military strategy and policy in the incredibly complex world in which we now face and in which he has been decisive -- decisive in instructions to the staff and the subject in making the decisions necessary to protect the country," Garland added.
The attorney general had faced criticism from some Democrats for not pushing back before against Hur's descriptions of Biden's memory in a report that scrutinized the president's handling of classified records while he was out of office.
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