Jake Tapper

I just think that what's important to remember is not only did the White House attack Robert Herr for being, in their view, partisan or making unnecessary comments about the age. They were really lobbying before the Herr report was released. They were really lobbying hard for the attorney general to censor it, to cut it out, that one segment.

There were people in the Justice Department that read the Herr report before it came out and said, oh, my God, Robert Herr thinks that Joe Biden broke the law. But that wasn't the part of her report that alarmed the White House. The part that alarmed the White House was the description of him as a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.

There were people in the Justice Department that read the Herr report before it came out and said, oh, my God, Robert Herr thinks that Joe Biden broke the law. But that wasn't the part of her report that alarmed the White House. The part that alarmed the White House was the description of him as a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.

There were people in the Justice Department that read the Herr report before it came out and said, oh, my God, Robert Herr thinks that Joe Biden broke the law. But that wasn't the part of her report that alarmed the White House. The part that alarmed the White House was the description of him as a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.

And, you know, people can decide for themselves why that alarmed them so much when that was the exculpatory reason he wasn't going to be prosecuted. But then Biden gives a press conference that night. And in addition to confusing Al-Sisi saying the president of Egypt was the president of Mexico, he attacks Robert Herr for bringing up Beau Biden.

And, you know, people can decide for themselves why that alarmed them so much when that was the exculpatory reason he wasn't going to be prosecuted. But then Biden gives a press conference that night. And in addition to confusing Al-Sisi saying the president of Egypt was the president of Mexico, he attacks Robert Herr for bringing up Beau Biden.

And, you know, people can decide for themselves why that alarmed them so much when that was the exculpatory reason he wasn't going to be prosecuted. But then Biden gives a press conference that night. And in addition to confusing Al-Sisi saying the president of Egypt was the president of Mexico, he attacks Robert Herr for bringing up Beau Biden.

And he says something like, and I said to myself, how dare you ask about that? Robert Herr had not brought up Beau Biden.

And he says something like, and I said to myself, how dare you ask about that? Robert Herr had not brought up Beau Biden.

And he says something like, and I said to myself, how dare you ask about that? Robert Herr had not brought up Beau Biden.

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He brings up Beau a lot. It's obviously a very traumatizing and tragic event in his life. And, you know, I knew Beau a little bit and he was a great guy. Absolutely. And what a horrible, horrible story. But that said... the entire White House apparatus starts attacking Robert Herr. What a cruel, mean man to bring up Beau Biden. How awful. How dare he?

He brings up Beau a lot. It's obviously a very traumatizing and tragic event in his life. And, you know, I knew Beau a little bit and he was a great guy. Absolutely. And what a horrible, horrible story. But that said... the entire White House apparatus starts attacking Robert Herr. What a cruel, mean man to bring up Beau Biden. How awful. How dare he?

He brings up Beau a lot. It's obviously a very traumatizing and tragic event in his life. And, you know, I knew Beau a little bit and he was a great guy. Absolutely. And what a horrible, horrible story. But that said... the entire White House apparatus starts attacking Robert Herr. What a cruel, mean man to bring up Beau Biden. How awful. How dare he?

I even heard from a conservative Gold Star mom I know, very conservative, who couldn't believe that Robert Herr would do that to Joe Biden, for whom she didn't vote. And it's not true. He didn't bring it up. Robert Herr and the Justice Department did not respond. They could have responded. They could have released that part of the transcript to show that Biden was wrong.

I even heard from a conservative Gold Star mom I know, very conservative, who couldn't believe that Robert Herr would do that to Joe Biden, for whom she didn't vote. And it's not true. He didn't bring it up. Robert Herr and the Justice Department did not respond. They could have responded. They could have released that part of the transcript to show that Biden was wrong.

I even heard from a conservative Gold Star mom I know, very conservative, who couldn't believe that Robert Herr would do that to Joe Biden, for whom she didn't vote. And it's not true. He didn't bring it up. Robert Herr and the Justice Department did not respond. They could have responded. They could have released that part of the transcript to show that Biden was wrong.

But that's just not how the Justice Department operates.