When former Special Counsel Robert Hur's report on former President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents was released last year, the Biden White House, Democrats, and their media allies vehemently pushed back against the prosecutor's characterizations of the elderly and forgetful president.

Audio recordings of Biden's hours-long interviews with Hur have now been released, and they reveal that the aged ex-president's cognitive decline was far worse than was publicly known at the time, according to Newsweek.

The recordings have also exposed the deep dishonesty of the Biden White House, Democrats, and the media in constantly gaslighting Republican critics and the American people about the supposed "sharp" state of the president's mental acuity and his capability to do the job of governing the country.

Audio recordings validate Hur's description of Biden

Axios reported exclusively on Friday that it obtained the audio recordings of then-President Biden's two hours-long interviews with then-Special Counsel Hur in October 2023 to discuss his unauthorized retention of classified documents at his home and office that dated to his time as a U.S. senator and vice president.

Despite uncovering evidence that Biden likely violated federal laws in keeping the classified documents he was not authorized to possess, Hur ultimately decided against pursuing criminal charges, in large part because a jury would likely view Biden as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

Transcripts of those interviews were begrudgingly released by the Biden administration last year, but mere words on paper do not begin to convey the full extent of Biden's cognitive decline like the audio recordings do, which is undoubtedly why the Biden White House fought tooth and nail against releasing them.

Biden's interviews with Hur

According to Axios, the more than five hours worth of audio reveals former President Biden's halting speech patterns as he searched his brain for certain dates and specific words, which were more often than not provided to him by his attorneys, including such dates as when his son Beau died, when he served in certain positions, and when President Donald Trump was first elected, among other things.

On countless occasions, Biden's voice would be reduced to a whisper, or he would trail off in mid-sentence, while at other times he would launch into unrelated tangents -- all interspersed with lengthy pauses that were unwittingly highlighted by the constant ticking of a grandfather clock in the background.

He also appeared to admit his guilt and willfulness in retaining possession of certain classified documents that he had no authority to keep.

Democrats and Biden White House lied

In reaction to the release of the audio recordings, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee -- which tried but failed to obtain the recordings last year -- wrote on X, "When we subpoenaed the Hur audio tapes, Democrat Jamie Raskin claimed the 'format of the medium' doesn’t matter. Reading 250 pages doesn’t capture the mumbling, confusion, or long silences. The tape speaks for itself."

Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) shared that post and noted, "Democrats told you the Biden Hur audio tapes didn’t matter. Democrats told you Special Counsel Robert Hur was interfering in an election. Democrats told you over and over that Joe Biden was 'sharp.' The cover-up of Joe’s mental decline is a scandal of historic proportions."

The Committee also announced that it would continue its investigation of the prior White House cover-up of Biden's decline, and revealed plans to subpoena the testimony of several former senior White House aides who likely played key roles in keeping the truth about the elderly president hidden from public view.

Newsweek noted that even former Obama advisor David Axelrod, albeit before the audio recordings were released, remarked on the recent media revelations about the deterioration of Biden's mental health, "A lot of folks now are acknowledging what was obvious then: A guy, who was already showing frailties and would have been closer to 90 than 80 by the end of his second term should not have run for the hardest job on the planet. Never was going to end well."