Biden defends how he handled classified docs after scathing special counsel report

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Biden defends how he handled classified docs after scathing special counsel report
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President Biden gave a fiery defense of his mental acuity and his conduct after a special counsel concluded Biden willfully held onto classified materials. The special counsel recommended no charges.

President Biden defended his handling of classified documents and his mental acuity in a fiery news conference Thursday evening at the White House.President Biden defended his handling of classified documents and his mental acuity in a fiery news conference Thursday evening at the White House.

Biden blamed his staff for the documents being in the wrong places, and said he should have overseen their efforts more closely.He angrily responded to special counsel Robert Hur's description of a portion of an interview in which Hur said Biden seemed to not remember when his son, Beau, died. In recent days in off-camera events, Biden has thrice mixed up names of foreign leaders, calling French President Emmanuel Macron"Mitterrand" and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel"Helmut Kohl." François Mitterrand and Kohl were former leaders of France and Germany, respectively.The president's remarks came hours after Hur's report said Biden willfully held onto classified materials after leaving the Obama administration and becoming a private citizen.

In his remarks Thursday evening, Biden said assertions that he willfully retained classified materials is"not only misleading, but also plain wrong."

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