Jake Tapper describes a 'cover-up' of Joe Biden's decline
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Tapper and Thompson's book, "Original Sin," paints a damning portrait of Biden's team covering up his diminished state before the election.
Jake Tapper revealed that he apologized to Lara Trump for shutting down a 2020 interview after she asserted Joe Biden was experiencing mental decline.
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Axios on MSNBiden's staged town hall footage was unusable, new book saysPresident Biden's Decline, its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson. Needing video of then-President Biden speaking sharply and fluidly in a freewheeling setting,
A code of silence among Democratic elites and the media prohibited any public talk of Joe Biden’s decline—until it was too late.
Former White House staff denied witnessing health concerns, but Jake Tapper suggested even some government officials were shielded from seeing Biden.
President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson. Mike Donilon, a top adviser to former President Biden, was paid about $4 million to work on the 2024 Biden campaign at the president's insistence,