First Lady Jill Biden says the author of the Justice Department report that exonerated her husband of criminal charges over his handling of classified documents before he took office brought up the couple’s son’s death ‘to score political points.’ He expressed disbelief.
“Like anyone who has lost a child, believe me, Beau and his death. [in 2015] Never leave him,” she wrote in an email late Saturday to donors supporting Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. It comes days after Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report claimed the president doesn’t remember when his and Jill Biden’s son died.
“If you have ever experienced such a loss, you know that it is not measured in years, but in grief. I’m sure there are many of you who know that feeling. What helped me and Joe was finding a purpose. That’s what kept Joe going and helping you and the country we love. It motivates me to continue serving.”
The first lady’s email spurred a chorus of critics accusing Mr. Xu of devoting much of the report, which did not result in an indictment, to Mr. Biden’s age and fading memory. That is “completely inconsistent with long-standing practice.” [justice department] Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said of Herr’s report:
Jill Biden’s email on Saturday was posted by Herr, who was chosen to be the U.S. attorney for Maryland by Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 election and is seeking a second term as president. He declined to give his explicit name. But she said she needed to respond “not only as Joe’s wife, but as Beau’s mother” to “this special counsel” appointed by Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, to investigate the president. I wrote that I felt it.
“I hope you can imagine how I felt reading that attack,” Jill Biden wrote. “We should give everyone a reprieve. I can’t imagine anyone trying to use our son’s death to score political points.”
She also wrote that May 30, 2015, the day former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden died of brain cancer, is “forever etched” in her and the president’s hearts.
Jill Biden said she was “shocked” by her 46-year-old son’s death. “It destroyed our family.”
The first lady also wrote, “I have no idea what this special counsel was trying to accomplish.”
Jill Biden’s email emphasized acknowledging her husband’s age. The Democrat is 81 years old, just four years older than Trump, who is expected to be the Republican nominee for the White House in 2024.
“Joe is 81 years old, it’s true, but he’s 81 years old and he does more in an hour than most people do in a day,” said Jill Biden, 72. . “Joe has wisdom, empathy and vision.
“He has learned a lot in his 81 years. His age and experience and expertise are incredible assets, and he proves it every day.”
Garland appointed Herr in January 2023 to investigate Biden’s possession of classified documents from Barack Obama’s time as vice president. The documents in question included documents found at his home and former think tank.
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The 388-page report allayed fears that Biden could face criminal charges over document storage. But Biden, he said, gave the impression that he was a “well-intentioned old man with a bad memory” who “couldn’t even remember when his son Beau died, even within a few years,” and that Ho’s fellow Republicans gave the members an important line of attack.
Mr. Trump has also raised questions about his own mental acuity by mentioning the names of prominent politicians and when exactly world wars occurred.
However, it is worth noting that NBC News Poll Even though Trump faces more than 90 pending criminal charges, including for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, he currently has no idea what it takes to become president. It was recently discovered that they hold an advantage with voters on the issue of physical health.and Another ABC poll A poll on Sunday found that 86% of Americans think Biden is too old to serve another term in the Oval Office.
The recent focus in US political discourse on the mental health of Biden and Trump is itself a natural language stumbling block, and what constitutes a sign of cognitive decline. is causing debate.
Experts generally say that getting names or dates wrong is not uncommon and common for politicians to speak publicly, especially in stressful or distraction-filled environments. It says that it is true.
In Mr. Biden’s case, his meeting with Mr. Xu took place in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, which was a crisis for the president’s administration and the rest of the world.
