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‘In The Tank For The Democrats’: Dem Attorney Accuses Corporate Press Of Participating In Biden Cover-Up

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A former counsel for the House Judiciary Committee told Fox News host Harris Faulkner Wednesday that corporate media outlets helped to cover-up the cognitive decline of then-President Joe Biden.

Several books coming out detail the extent of Biden’s health issues during his term in office, with one book, “Original Sin,” reporting that Biden failed to recognize Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney, a long-time supporter. Julian Epstein told Faulkner that the concealment of Biden’s cognitive issues was “scandalous” when Faulkner asked if there was any information on who was making decisions during the Biden administration.

“I think we don’t and I think that is scandalous and I think these revelations that you cited, Harris, at the top of the segment are shocking,” Epstein told Faulkner. “But what is more shocking is the fact that the news media participated in this lie for years.”

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“Not all of us,” Faulkner said, with Epstein responding. “In fairness that’s true. This network was good on this and I was here repeatedly saying this for the last several years. We knew as early as August of 2021, during the Afghanistan debacle, when Biden didn’t know what his general’s positions were in terms of keeping a skeletal crew in Afghanistan. We knew then that Biden had major problems.”

A Wall Street Journal article published Dec. 19, 2024, revealed White House aides “insulated” Biden, even from Cabinet members, as his health declined, months after similar articles published by the outlet earlier in the year generated pushback from some media outlets. Faulkner put up a headline from a June 2024 piece by then-CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy attacking the Wall Street Journal for running its June 4, 2024, article.

“I think this is an indictment of the Biden Administration and the people around Biden, but I think it is a greater indictment of the news media who balked at the story not because you hear Chuck Todd and Jake Tapper saying things like there were other things we’re covering, and so many other important things to do” Epstein told Faulkner. “No, they balked at covering this story because they were in the tank for the Democrats and this is certainly an indictment on the Biden administration for the cover-up, but is a bigger indictment on the news media who turned their heads away when there was so much evidence.”

“This, to me, is probably the biggest threat we have seen to democracy in the last four or five years,” Epstein said. “It’s just shameful abdication of professional responsibility. And yes, I’m looking at you, Jake Tapper and I’m looking at you, Chuck Todd. You all had plenty of evidence of Biden’s decline and you failed to report it because the news media has become mostly partisan.”