Brian Stelter says White House deserves scrutiny over whether there was a 'cover-up' of Biden decline

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Former CNN host Brian Stelter said the White House "deserves to be scrutinized" about whether there was a "cover-up" of President Biden's decline as calls mount for him to drop out of the race.

"Some people feel they were misled or even conned by people in the Biden camp, I think that’s what this has a lot to do with," Stelter said Thursday on CNN, referring to donors to the president's campaign.

"I think [the White House] also deserves to be scrutinized now about whether there was a cover-up and whether they were covering up something about Biden by keeping them away from the press," he added.

Since Biden's debate performance, there has been increasing doubts from the media, allies, and members of the Democratic Party over whether the 81-year-old president is up to the job.

FORMER NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR ACCUSES WHITE HOUSE OF ‘MASSIVE COVER-UP’ ON BIDEN'S DECLINE

At the debate, Biden appeared frail and confused at times, and the White House has been in damage control by lining up more media interviews for Biden in attempts to assuage these concerns. However, his performance in those interviews and reports that several were scripted, has not seemed to turn the tide of Democrats calling for him to step down.

On Thursday afternoon, news broke that the Biden campaign successfully requested two edits to a radio interview he did that aired in Wisconsin on July