Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Joe Biden, claiming that he has not shown signs of “impairment” while answering questions before a House committee on Tuesday.
Garland testified before a House committee overseeing funding for the Justice Department and was forced to answer a series of questions about the report from special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation of Biden’s handling of classified materials, in which Hur criticized the president’s memory.
When asked about Hur’s analysis, the attorney general attempted to pivot away from the question, emphasizing, “It is improper for the attorney general to editorialize.”
“I take that separately from the question you’re asking about my own observations about the president,” Garland said in response to questions from Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA).
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