The 258-page transcript paints a more nuanced portrait of the president than was described in Robert Hur's report. The most confusing part concerned the timeline surrounding the death of his son Beau.
President Biden speaks to reporters about the special counsel report on his handling of classified documents in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Feb. 8.
Throughout the interview, Hur and his deputy Marc Krickbaum asked detailed questions about how documents were handled when Biden was vice president and once he had left office — including about specific rooms he was working in at various times, and even specific pieces of furniture. The timelines bounced around.
"Was it 2015, he had died?" Biden said. Moments later, the president — still seemingly looking for his bearings in time — asked:"and what's happened in the meantime is that Trump gets elected in November of 2017?""2016. All right, so — why do I have 2017 here?" Biden asked."That's when you left office, January of 2017," another of Biden's lawyers said.
"I just hope you didn't find any risqué pictures of my wife in a bathing suit. Which you probably did. She's beautiful," Biden said.
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