Questioning of Biden’s mental capacity by special counsel ‘gratuitous,’ president’s surrogates say

Published February 11, 2024 12:22pm ET



Top surrogates for President Joe Biden repeated the same talking points for the special counsel report on the president’s mishandling of classified documents, saying Hur’s comments about Biden’s declining mental state were “gratuitous.”

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Biden campaign national co-chair Mitch Landrieu joined Meet the Press on Sunday, defending the president’s mental capacity and attempting to undermine Special Counsel Robert Hur’s determination that the 81-year-old’s memory is “significantly limited.”

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