Former Vice President Kamala Harris takes aim at former President Joe Biden‘s inner circle in her new book, claiming it sabotaged her time in office by refusing to dispel rumors that painted her as incompetent. However, she stops short of directly criticizing Biden.

Some political experts have said Harris’s strategy of throwing Biden aides under the bus has helped her explain her disastrous presidential run while staying in Biden’s good graces. Others have said Harris showed weakness by not going after Biden directly and taking the easy way out by blaming others around him.