US Department of Justice calls Biden ‘elderly man with a poor memory’

Bloomberg :
President Joe Biden insisted his memory is “fine” and lambasted a Justice Department report on his handling of classified information, particularly its questions about his mental acuity and age that have proven politically damaging.
In the Department of Justice’s report Biden was described as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”
Meanwhile, in an impromptu White House news conference, Biden, 81, answered defiantly – and sometimes angrily – questions about his capacity to continue serving in the White House. He also grew emotional in discussing a claim that he could not remember when his son Beau had died.
“I’m well-meaning, and I’m an elderly man and I know what the hell I’m doing. I’ve been president, and I’ve put this country back on its feet. I don’t need his recommendation,” Biden said Thursday in the Diplomatic Room.
Yet even as he defended himself against a tide of scrutiny about his mental fitness, Biden mistakenly referred to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the leader of Mexico. That remark – made at the end of the news conference after he had nearly walked out of the room – was likely to fuel the concerns of those already worried about his fitness.
Biden also denied some critical claims made in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, including that he disclosed classified information to his ghostwriter. He said a memo on Afghanistan he wrote to President Barack Obama that he shared should have been considered “private” and not classified. Biden also said any assertion he willfully kept classified material was “plain wrong.”
“The fact is, they made a firm conclusion: I did not break the law. Period,” Biden said.
The president seemed particularly hurt by Hur’s claim that he could not remember the date when his son passed away from brain cancer, saying it was immaterial to the investigation.
“How the hell dare he raise that,” Biden said. “I don’t need anyone to remind me of when he passed away.”