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The whether the president mishandled classified documents during his previous positions as vice president and senator, and found this week that no criminal charges were warranted.

But in building his argument for , Special Counsel Robert Hur, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, detailed in part that Biden's defense of any potential charges could possibly be that: “Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.�

And then he went on to cite examples where investigators said the president's memory lapsed, including over . In particular, the comments about Beau Biden enraged the president, who has been very open about his grief over his son's death, speaking often of him.

“How the hell dare he raise that," Biden questioned angrily following the report's release. “Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself, was it any of their damn business?�

Biden's for voters. Democrats are now answering the by affirming that Biden is capable of being commander in chief and trying to discredit people who portray him feeble. Saturday questioning whether those comments were politically motivated; it fetched the most money in donations of any email since Biden launched his campaign.

Bauer, who is married to Biden's top White House aide Anita Dunn, said he raised concerns over the inclusion of these details to both Hur and Garland, which he viewed to be a violation of the Justice Department norms that essentially work to avoid prejudicing the public against people who are not charged with a crime. But the appeal failed.

“It’s evident that he had committed to make the report public the way that the special counsel had written it,� said Bauer.

The president sat down with investigators over several hours . He said he answered the questions truthfully and to the best of his knowledge.

Bauer argued that what didn't make it into the report were moments when the president deconstructed questions by investigators and when the special counsel notes that he'd be taking Biden through “events that are many years ago,� and notes that he should just give his best recollection.

He said the special counsel made a decision “to cherry pick in a very misleading way� what references made it in and what didn't.

Bauer, too, suggested there was political pressure on the Justice Department, which is prosecuting former of classified documents as well as his role in the Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol and has been excoriated by Trump and others as biased and that his prosecution represents a “two-tiered system of justice.�

Hur is a Republican, and a former U.S. attorney under Trump.

“So you have to wonder with those pressures impinging on the investigation from the outside knowing the attacks that Republicans have levied on the law enforcement process, did he decide we would have to ask that we reach the only legal conclusion possible and then toss in the rest of it to placate a certain political constituency?� Bauer asked.

The Justice Department has not commented on the criticism.