New York mag reporter defends timing of Biden ‘conspiracy of silence’ bombshell amid backlash

Reporter Olivia Nuzzi defended her viral bombshell about President Biden, telling critics she has been chasing down whispers about the president’s fitness for office for months.

The timing of a staggering July 4 New York magazine feature, "The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden," which detailed claims that high-powered Democrats have long known about President Biden’s cognitive issues, has drawn harsh criticism.

Nuzzi penned the shocking piece that details how Biden’s "mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters." She reported that Biden supporters have been expressing doubt about his ability to run for re-election since at least January and said she witnessed it herself in April when Biden looked like "something not of this earth" during an appearance when he appeared so frail that last week’s disastrous debate actually exceeded her expectations.

Nuzzi also wrote that high-powered Democrats were secretly in agreement with Trump supporters who believed Biden "may not really be the acting president after all," but were afraid to blow the whistle on Biden's issues until they were on full display during the debate meltdown.

WILD NEW YORK MAG FEATURE DETAILS ‘CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE’ TO HIDE BIDEN’S ‘MENTAL DECLINE’ FROM AMERICA

The lengthy piece drew significant criticism, as many pondered why it took seven months to report what she learned in January or three months to disclose what she witnessed in April. "Olivia Nuzzi" even became a top trending topic on X.

Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume posted, "She wrote about it today, more than six months later and after numerous televised episodes showing his senility and frailty. Now she writes of a conspiracy of silence. She ought to