Biden angered at special counsel saying he forgot when son died: 'How in the hell dare he raise that?'

Speaking about a special counsel report that cleared him from criminal charges in his handling of classified documents, President Biden expressed anger that the report said that he forgot when his son Beau died. "How in the hell dare he raise that?" Biden said of a question posed to him during an interview during the investigation. In a contentious exchange with reporters, Biden was asked if his memory has gotten worse. "My memory is fine," he insisted.

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JOE BIDEN: I know there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events. There's even reference that I don't remember when my son 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. Let me tell you something. Some of you have commented. I wear since the day he died, every single day, the rosary he got from our lady of--

Every Memorial Day, we hold a service remembering him attended by friends and family and the people who loved him. I don't need anyone, I don't need anyone to remind me when he passed away of passed away. Simple truth is I sat for five hours over two days of events going back 40 years. At the same time, I was managing an international crisis. Their task was to make a decision about whether to move forward with charges in this case. That's their decision to make. That's the council's decision to make. That's his job. And they decided not to move forward. For any extraneous commentary they don't know what they're talking about. It has no place in this report. The bottom line is the matter is now closed. I'm going to continue what I've always focused on, my job of being president of the United States of America. Thank you and I'll take some questions.

- President Biden, something the special counsel said in his report is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because, in his description, you are a well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.

JOE BIDEN: 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 put this country back on its feet. I don't need his recommendation. It's totally out of--

- How bad is your memory and can you continue as president?

JOE BIDEN: My memory is so bad, I let you speak. That's the--

- Do you feel your memory has gotten worse, Mr President?

JOE BIDEN: My memory is not-- my memory is fine. My memory-- take a look at what I've done since I've become president. None of you thought I could pass any of the things I got passed. How did that happen? You know, I guess I just forgot what was going on.

- Mr President, this--