President Biden reacts after DOJ special counsel report on classified docs probe released

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The special counsel report found that Biden willfully retained classified information and knew he had some documents as far back as 2017.
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the justice department says President
Biden willfully retained classified
documents while out of office but
special counsel Robert H says he's not
recommending charges against the
president calling Biden's memory fuzzy
that prompted the president to fire back
ABC's AA jachi has the details from
Washington President Biden angrily
defending his ability to do his job my
memory is fine my memory take a look at
what I've done since I become president
it's in response to special counsel
Robert her's investigation into Biden's
handling of classified documents in the
345 page report issued Thursday her Who
was appointed by former president Donald
Trump wrote that his assessment of
Biden's mental ACU and power of recall
was hazy fuzzy faulty and having
significant limitations the report
suggests that Biden did not willfully
retain the documents and that they could
have been brought to the locations by
mistake her adding the evidence does not
establish Mr Biden's guilt Beyond A
Reasonable Doubt while Biden will not
face charges her describes their
interview from October noting Biden did
not remember when his term as vice
president either began or ended her also
writing Biden would likely present
himself to a jury as he did during our
interview of him as a sympathetic
well-meaning elderly man with a poor
memory I'm well- meaning and I'm an
elderly man and I know what the hell I'm
doing I've been president I put this
country back on his feet I don't need
his recommendation Biden lashing out at
her's assessment of his memory
especially her statement claiming Biden
did not remember even within several
years when his son Bo died how in the
hell dare he raise
that frankly when I was asked the
question I thought to myself wasn't any
of their damn business the report
quickly came under Fire from former
president Trump calling it selective
prosecution since he faces criminal
charges over his mishandling of
classified documents at maralago in
contrast to Biden who cooperated with
the investigation her writes that Trump
not only refused to return the documents
for many months but he also obstructed
Justice by enlisting others to destroy
evidence and then to lie about it in
terms of the leading presidential
candidates ages President Biden is 81
years old and former president Trump is
77 AA Jai ABC News
Washington
