Former New York Times editor accuses White House of 'massive cover-up' on Biden's decline

A former editor of the New York Times on Tuesday accused the White House of covering up President Biden’s decline.

"The Biden White House clearly succeeded in a massive cover-up of the degree of the President’s feebleness and his serious physical decline, which may be simply the result of old age," Jill Abramson wrote in an op-ed in Semafor.

She added, "Shame on the White House press corps for not to have pierced the veil of secrecy surrounding the President."

Abrams, who was executive editor of the New York Times from 2011 to 2014, said it is "laughable and immoral for Democrats to blame the press now for over-reacting to that reality."

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Abramson went on to say that the media’s "first duty" is to hold officials accountable and "poke through White House smoke screens and find out the truth."

She went on to say, "But I do think if enough reporters had pushed, the story was reportable. I worry that too many journalists didn’t try to get the story because they did not want to be accused of helping elect Donald Trump. I get that."

"But this is no excuse for abandoning our first duty, which is to report the truth and hold power accountable. President Biden should be held accountable for his obvious lapses of mental acuity, even if there are periods of lucidity."

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Biden's campaign and White House press team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Wall Street Journal published a report last month on Biden's behind-the-scenes struggles in meetings, which was greeted with fierce pushback from liberal media figures and Democrats.

Biden's debate performance was widely criticized