Though new audio recordings released by Axios paint a picture of an elderly man suffering memory loss, rare exchanges showed glimpses into former President Joe Biden’s earlier days, and shed light on what could have led to Hur’s « sympathetic » characterization and findings related to the investigation.
Biden reminisced during his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur about a 2011 visit to Mangolia where he claimed to have « embarrassed the hell out of the leader of Mongolia. »
« I went to Mongolia and, and great pictures, » Biden said. « They were showing — they were doing a what they would do at the time of the invasion of the Mongols into Europe in the 14 — in the 800s. And they — and then show what a normal day was, or how they, how they bivouac. »
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He described being « out in the middle of nowhere » and looking up on a hill, seeing a tiny line of a 20-mile horse race between kids under the age of 16 on bareback.
« And you know, there are sumo wrestlers doin’ everything they do, » Biden said lightheartedly.
He said the leaders walked over to a target with bales of hay a hundred yards away, where locals were practicing their aim.
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« I think — I don’t know if it was to embarrass me or to make a point, but I get handed the bow and arrow, » Biden said. « I’m not a bad archer. But (indiscernible) where I can pull it back, so I — and pure luck, I hit the goddamn target. »
The people in the interview room burst into laughter, to which Biden assured them, « No, I really did. »
He went on to describe the scene — « 20 bales of hay with a big target in the middle of the bale of hay. »
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« And so I didn’t mean anything by it, I turned to the prime minister and handed it to him and the poor son-of-a-bitch couldn’t pull it back, » Biden said.
The room roared with laughter once again.
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« I was like, ‘oh, God,’ » Biden said through the cackling.
Hur ultimately decided the former president should not be charged criminally for having classified Obama-era documents after leaving office, describing him as a « sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. »
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Publish date : 2025-05-17 03:53:00
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