Inside the White House’s Fight to Defend Biden’s Fitness
11th February 2024
Day 2 of the White House’s damage-control plan defending President Biden’s fitness for office called for a coordinated attack on special counsel Robert Hur.
Why it matters: Biden’s team scrambled to counter Hur’s report that called the president an “elderly man with a poor memory” — and aides rushed to defend Biden’s performance at a late-night press conference that left even some Democrats thinking Hur had a point.