Trump rips ‘hapless and cognitively impaired' Biden after Hur audio released
Trump also leaned into his criticism of Biden's use of an autopen in his latest rebuke.
'Whoever had control of the 'AUTOPEN' is looking to be a bigger and bigger scandal by the moment,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, while leaning into his unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was stolen. 'It is a major part of the real crime THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020 WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN!'
'Millions and millions of people knew that, but the Radical Left Democrats waged a campaign of inoculation and innocence like none that had ever been waged before,' he added.
The president's early morning rant came as Axios released full audio from the first day of Hur's questioning. The outlet had released a clip the night before, which showed Biden seemingly unable to recall dates related to his time as vice president, his son Beau's death and when Trump was first elected to serve in the White House.
The special counsel ultimately found that while Biden 'willfully' retained the classified documents, the jury would likely see him as an 'elderly man with a poor memory.' No charges were brought against the president, and the Justice Department later issued a transcript of the conversation but pushed back against requests for the audio.
Trump on Friday said any official release of audio would be up to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The president also took a swing at lawmakers who sat on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in his weekend social media post.
'THIS IS WHY THE UNSELECT COMMITTEE OF POLITICAL THUGS, WHO WERE GIVEN A FULL AND COMPLETE PARDON BY THE PERSON WHO WIELDED THE NOW ILLEGALLY USED AUTOPEN, DELETED AND DESTROYED ALL EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION FROM THEIR CORRUPT AND VICIOUS WITCH HUNT AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE, WHOSE LIVES WERE COMPLETELY SHATTERED AND DESTROYED BY THIS HISTORICALLY CRIMINAL EVENT,' he wrote Saturday.
'Remember, it all began with DIRTY COP James Comey, [former President] Obama, a hapless and cognitively impaired Sleepy Joe Biden, and my now very famous ACCUSATION that, 'THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!' Trump continued. 'Whoever had control of the Autopen is just the beginning.'
The president concluded in the post, 'THE FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN!!!'
Biden, just hours before he left office, issued a slew of pardons to members of the House Jan. 6 select committee, former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and ex-Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley — all vocal critics of Trump.
In March, Trump claimed the clemencies were 'void' because they were signed with an autopen. He argued that Biden didn't even know about them.
The former president has pushed back on the argument, telling ABC's 'The View' earlier this month that the claims were 'vacant.'
Questions around Biden's mental fitness proved to be a major road bump in his bid for reelection.
Following a disastrous debate last June against Trump, he was pressured by many Democrats to step aside. He later withdrew from the race and endorsed former Vice President Harris to run instead.
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