Key points
- This is one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in US history: Trump
- Republicans have long claimed that Biden was suffering from intellectual decline
- Biden dismisses Republican assertions as nothing more than a distraction
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into what Republicans claim was a “conspiracy” to cover up Joe Biden’s declining cognitive health during his time in the White House, according to AFP.
The move is the latest in a long-running campaign by Trump to discredit his predecessor, which has been joined by Republican Party politicians, AFP reported.
“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” BBC cited Trump as saying.
“Biden’s cognitive decline”
“In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive decline,” AFP cited a presidential memorandum issued Wednesday as saying.
“The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts,”, according to AFP.
Republicans have long claimed that Biden was suffering from intellectual decline even as the White House pressed ahead with major legislation and presidential decrees during his term, AFP reported.
“Ridiculous and false”
CBS News reported that Biden called it false and “nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.”
“Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,” Biden said.
