Rep. Claudia Tenney has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging him and the president’s Cabinet to initiate the necessary steps to remove President Joe Biden from office. This request is based on the findings of special counsel Robert Hur’s report and aligns with the provisions outlined in the 25th Amendment.
The letter, written by the New York Republican, was reportedly sent to Garland shortly after he released the “alarming” report on Thursday afternoon. Garland had received the report from Hur earlier in the week, specifically on Tuesday.
The report didn’t recommend charges against Joe Biden because he was a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
“[I]t would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him” of a crime “that requires a mental state of willfulness,” Hur wrote, according to Fox News.
In the letter provided below, Tenney contended that if Biden lacked the competence to stand trial, he undeniably lacked the competence to hold the position of president.
“The Department of Justice cannot ethically bring charges against former president Trump because he has mental acuity and a forceful personality and decline to bring charges against President Biden because of his cognitive decline,” Tenney wrote in the letter. “President Biden needs to be charged. Unless he is not mentally competent to stand trial.”
“Candidly, the Special Counsel’s report makes a reasonable case that he is not. Being unable to remember what position he held, and when, is exceptionally concerning. Being unable to remember when one’s child died – even within a time frame of several years – is perhaps more frightening. He may not be competent to stand trial,” she wrote.
“And he most assuredly lacks the ability to execute his presidential responsibilities. Accordingly, it is incumbent upon you to begin proceedings to remove the President pursuant to the 25th Amendment of the United States Constitution. President Biden needs to be charged, or he needs to be removed,” Tenney argued. “There is no middle ground.”
