Republican Representative Nathaniel Moran suggested on Tuesday that President Joe Biden should be declared “incapacitated.”
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Moran spoke about former special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents and provided several quotes from the report and how they compared to the definition of an “incapacitated individual,” under the guardianship statute in Washington D.C.
“An adult whose ability to receive and evaluate information effectively or to communicate decisions is impaired to such an extent that he or she lacks the capacity to manage all or some of his or her financial resources,” Moran said while reading the definition.
“Frankly, I see tons of overlap from what you set forth in your testimony, in your written report, and the definition here. The phrases are almost identical,” Moran said, adding that he is concerned that given the details of the report, Biden is coming close to meeting the definition of an “incapacitated individual.”
Newsweek reached out to the White House via email on Tuesday for a response to Moran’s comments.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
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