The release of a new book by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, detailing President Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline during his term in office, has landed like a bomb inside an already disoriented Democratic Party — sending shockwaves through its ranks.
Obtained by Newsweek ahead of its publication on May 20, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again paints a stark portrait of a presidency in turmoil—and of a leader whose public image of control and clarity masked private struggles with memory, stamina and recognition.
Worse than imagined.
COVERUP: Audio from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with Biden has been released, it’s devastating. Biden sounds confused, repeatedly unsure of basic facts and timelines. It’s clear he wasn’t mentally present. pic.twitter.com/eNP72Fe9O1
— @amuse (@amuse) May 16, 2025
