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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Danny KEMP

White House Attacks 'Politically Motivated' Biden Probe Age Comments

Spokesman for the White House Counsel's Office Ian Sams speak during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2024. The White House attacked on Friday a devastating special counsel report for making "gratuitous and inappropriate" comments about US President Joe Biden's age and memory. (Credit: AFP)

The White House launched a fierce fightback Friday against a devastating special counsel report that criticized Joe Biden's failing memory, describing it as a political hit-job on the president in an election year.

US Vice President Kamala Harris led the charge to deal with the fallout after the investigation cleared Biden of illegally retaining classified documents but delivered a damning description of him as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory".

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