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Joe Biden's memory: what did the special counsel report say and how has the president responded?

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Joe Biden has reacted strongly to severe doubts regarding his memory that were brought up in a report by special counsel Robert Hur.

Republican Hur, who held high-level positions in Donald Trump administration's justice department, was chosen in January 2023 to lead the inquiry into Biden's document management.

Hur was placed in charge of the inquiry by Biden's nominee for attorney general, Merrick Garland, in order to give it some autonomy from the justice department's hierarchy.

Republicans are ready to seize upon any, thus the report's release is probably going to have an impact on the US's contested 2024 race.

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