LEAK: Audio of Confused Biden’s Infamous Robert Hur Interview Drops

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Newly released audio from former President Joe Biden’s 2023 interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur reveals moments where the president sounded confused, struggled to recall dates, and spoke in a hoarse voice during questioning about his handling of classified documents.

Axios reporter Alex Thompson published the exclusive audio on Friday.

Thompson tweeted the audio and commented, “Exclusive: Axios obtained the audio of Robert Hur’s 2023 interviews of Biden which show repeated mental lapses as he struggles to remember words & dates amid long, uncomfortable pauses. Biden WH didn’t release it last year. Listen below.”

In one exchange during the interview, Hur asked Biden where he kept documents related to projects like the Penn Biden Center, the Biden Institute, and a book he wrote.

“Well, um… I, I, I, I, I don’t know,” Biden responded.. “This is, what, 2017, 2018, that area? Remember, in this timeframe, my son is — either been deployed or is dying.”

Biden appeared to grow emotional and increasingly disoriented as he recalled more facts from the time period when Beau Biden died from cancer.

“What month did Beau die? Oh God, May 30th,” he said after a long pause.

Hur ultimately declined to charge Biden with a crime, but his report described the president as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

At the time, Hur’s characterization of Biden as frail and elderly sparked backlash.

Thompson co-authored a book with CNN anchor Jake Tapper titled Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.

The book, which covers Biden’s mental decline as president, is scheduled to be released next Tuesday.