MSNBC hosts defend Biden, accuse Special Counsel of sneaking 'ageism' into report: 'He rides a bike!'

A panel of MSNBC hosts rushed to defend President Biden on Thursday and even attacked Special Counsel Robert Hur for injecting "ageism" into his newly released report that noted significant memory lapses by the president.

During the network's primetime special coverage of the breaking news, "The Beat" host Ari Melber began by calling the report "very good legal news" for the president since the probe concluded so quickly, in part due to his cooperation with investigators. Hur's investigation into the classified documents found in Biden’s possession concluded there wasn't sufficient evidence to file charges.

"Hur looks like – the Trump holdover prosecutor looks like having gotten the thing that helps you get the most facts possible – a timely interview with a very busy and very legally protected figure, the president of the United States and having gotten the answers that helped him reach the conclusion that there was no crime, he then started to cherry-pick the interview for his spin on basically what he perceives to be, Mr. Hur's opinion, derogatory information."

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Melber stressed it's "standard ops" for those being the subject of an investigation to tell investigators, "I don't recall," but quickly accused Hur's critique of Biden's memory as being ageist.

"Do you want to get into the age thing? Let's call it what it is. This is ageism snuck into a report clearing the person of any wrongdoing," Melber said. "If you want to get the ageism, young people are told all the time by their lawyers, 'Hey, you're way better off leaning into I don't recall than possibly misstating something to a federal officer or under oath in