Peter Baker: The Trump Admin Released the Biden-Hur Audio to Embarrass Joe Biden

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BAKER: "Well, the. Trump Administration decided to put. It out and. They decided to put it out. To. Take advantage of this news. Cycle because. Of the new book by Jake Tapper. And Alex Thompson that’s coming out next week about Biden’s, you. Know, physical and mental decline. And”

WITT: “Hang on, Peter, you’re saying the Trump Administration gave it to Axios?”

BAKER: “Well, I don’t know about Axios sources, but I think it’s very clear they’re the ones who had access to it. And they Have told our. Reporters that they plan to put it out there. So, you know, the idea that it went to Axios. First is not surprising, I suppose, but they have already. Made the decision. They wanted to put it out there. The president. Himself has said he wanted this tape out there. Why does he want it out there? Obviously he wants to embarrass his predecessor and. Undercut President Biden even further. We’ve had the. Transcript of this. We know the. Answers that were given. Or not given. We know. That he struggled. With memory lapses during this conversation, but obviously hearing the. Tape is. A different thing. It does. Emphasize and underscore just how much trouble he had in that. Interview and why Robert. Hur, the special counsel, decided not to bring charges. Remember, Robert hirsch said. That he decided. Not to bring charges, in part because the. President seemed like. A forgetful old man. And that that would. Be hard to convince a jury. That he knowingly violated the law. Well, how did he. Make that determination? He made it in part through this. Interview that we’re now hearing through this audio tape and therefore the hearing the audio tape. Does have a value. In that sense. To help. Us understand. What her was evaluating."