US President Joe Biden has angrily criticised an investigation that found he mishandled top secret files and said he struggled to recall key life events.

In a surprise news briefing on Thursday evening, Mr Biden insisted: “My memory is fine.”

He slammed a claim that he could not recollect when his son died, saying: “How the hell dare he raise that?”

The inquiry found Mr Biden “wilfully retained and disclosed” classified files, but decided not to charge him.

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    9 months ago

    The examples were ridiculous too, like he doesn’t have perfect recall of the exact dates that staff members moved certain papers from one office to another 6-7 years ago? During an interview literally the evening after the latest Israeli Gaza conflict started between important foreign policy meetings? No shit. Who would.

    The report even talks about lots of other people who didn’t recall exact details or dates, but he doesn’t go accusing all of Biden’s aides of having poor memory too. What a ridiculous and unprofessional political hit job. Looks like this special counsel is hankering for another turmp administration job like his last one.

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      I can remember exactly what was said. The weather. The general feeling of the conversation, but the date it happened? There’ll be a couple month long window, and sometimes I’m wrong about that

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      I’m more worried that he can’t remember who the current leaders of Germany or France are. I understand that the Republican party went all in on fascism so they can’t really question the leader, what I don’t understand why the Democratic party is also saying that the best person to lead the country out of 340 million people is also someone way past is prime.

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        Because Obama is the last time we remember being happy. So association?

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      I would remember the years I was vice president.

      I would also remember the year my son died.

      I’m not him, and I remember the years he was vice president. Don’t you?

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        9 months ago

        I haven’t read the report. Can you show me where it says he couldn’t remember the years he was vice president and when his son died?