Biden says his 'memory is fine', not charged for mishandling documents

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An "elderly" President Joe Biden will not face charges for knowingly taking classified documents when he left the vice presidency in 2017, a prosecutor said on Thursday (Feb 8), drawing a swift rebuke from the president as he seeks reelection.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 -Thank you.

00:02 -I'm well-meaning, and I'm an elderly man,

00:05 and I know what the hell I'm doing.

00:06 I've been president, and I put this country back on its feet.

00:09 I don't need his recommendation.

00:10 It's totally -- -How bad is your memory,

00:13 and can you continue as president?

00:15 -My memory is so bad, I can let you speak.

00:19 That's -- -Do you feel your memory

00:21 has gotten worse, Mr. President?

00:23 -My memory is not -- My memory is fine.

00:26 My memory -- Take a look at what I've done

00:27 since I've become president.

00:29 I did not share classified information.

00:32 I did not share it. -With your ghostwriter.

00:34 -With my ghostwriter. I did not.

00:36 Guarantee you did not.

00:37 -But the special counsel said -- -No, I did not say that.

00:40 I know there's some attention paid to some language

00:42 in the report about my recollection of events.

00:46 There's even reference that I don't remember when my son died.

00:52 How in the hell dare he raise that?

00:55 Frankly, when I was asked the question,

00:56 I thought to myself, "It wasn't any of their damn business."

01:00 As you know, initially, the president of Mexico,

01:05 Sisi, did not want to open up the gate

01:08 to allow humanitarian material to get in.

01:11 I talked to him.

01:13 I convinced him to open the gate.

01:16 -On the document! -Mr. President!

01:18 -On the document!

01:20 -On the document!

01:21 -On the document!

01:23 -On the document!

01:24 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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