00:00 I've seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents.
00:05 This is these assertions not only misleading. They're just plain wrong.
00:10 On page 215, if you had a chance, I know it's a long, it's a thick document.
00:14 On page 215, the report of the Special Counsel found the exact opposite. Here's what he wrote.
00:19 "There is in fact a shortage of evidence that I willfully retain classified materials related to Afghanistan."
00:27 On page 12, the Special Counsel also wrote, for another document,
00:31 "The decision to decline criminal charges was straightforward.
00:36 The evidence suggests that Mr. Biden did not willfully retain these documents."
00:40 The evidence says, "I did not willfully retain these documents."
00:44 In addition, I know there's some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events.
00:50 There's even reference that I don't remember when my son died.
00:57 How in the hell dare he raise that?
01:00 Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself, it wasn't any of their damn business.
01:05 Let me tell you something.
01:08 Some of you have commented, I wear, since the day he died, every single day, the rosary he got from Our Lady of...
01:15 Every Memorial Day, we hold a service remembering him, attended by friends and family and the people who loved him.
01:24 I don't need anyone. I don't need anyone to remind me when he passed away or passed away.
01:31 Simple truth is, I sat for a five-hour interview over two days of events, going back 40 years.
01:38 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.
01:46 That's their decision to make. That's the counsel's decision to make. That's his job.
01:52 And they decided not to move forward.
01:54 For any extraneous commentary, they don't know what they're talking about.
02:00 It has no place in this report. The bottom line is the matter is now closed.
02:05 I'm going to continue what I've always focused on, my job of being President of the United States of America.
02:10 Something the special counsel said in his report is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because,
02:17 in his description, you are a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.
02:23 I'm well-meaning and I'm an elderly man and I know what the hell I'm doing.
02:27 I've been President and I put this country back on its feet. I don't need his recommendation.
02:31 How bad is your memory and can you continue as President?
02:35 My memory is so bad I can let you speak.
02:39 Do you feel your memory has gotten worse, Mr. President?
02:43 My memory is fine. Take a look at what I've done since I've become President.
02:49 None of you thought I could pass any of the things I got passed. How did that happen?
02:54 I guess I just forgot what was going on.
02:56 Mr. President, for months when you were asked about your age, you would respond with the words "watch me."
03:01 Many American people have been watching and they have expressed concerns about your age.
03:07 That is your judgment. That is not the judgment of the press.
03:12 They express concerns about your mental acuity. They say that you are too old.
03:16 Mr. President, in December you told me that you believe there are many other Democrats who could defeat Donald Trump.
03:22 So why does it have to be you now? What is your answer to that question?
03:25 Because I'm the most qualified person in this country to be President of the United States and finish the job I started.
03:29 Do you believe that lie?
03:35 - Thank you for watching. - Thank you for watching.
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