CNN’s Tapper Reveals When He Knew He Was Lied To By Biden Administration
Charlie Kirk Staff
05/25/2025

CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who co-authored the book “Original Sin,” which detailed former President Joe Biden’s mental decline in the White House, has pinpointed when he knew he was lied to by the president’s staff.
This weekend, he spoke to “Washington Week” host Jeffrey Goldberg and said it was after former President Biden’s disastrous debate performance against President Donald Trump that he knew the wool had been pulled over his eyes.
“So, is this when you realized that the White House was lying to the public, lying to the media about Joe Biden’s condition, or was this — I’m wondering how you moved cognitively through the stages here. Did you immediately think to yourself, oh my God, I’ve been lied to, or, wow, he’s having a really bad night?” the host said.
“I thought that they had been misrepresenting his acuity for a little bit then at that point, like — and our reporting suggests that he really started to deteriorate in the summer and fall of 2023,” Tapper responded.
“I didn’t see him all that often and I didn’t know how bad it was, but it seemed odd in retrospect. I mean, I asked people about it and I heard what I’m sure you heard, what I’m sure Alex heard, which is, he’s fine, he’s fine, he’s fine. He’s 81, of course, he’s elderly, but he’s great. You know, his decision-making is solid, he’s great in meanings, blah, blah, blah,” the CNN anchor said.
“And I didn’t believe them, but I didn’t have any evidence to report that they were lying. When he came out and he could not deliver what any politician should be able to do, a 90-minute debate, discussing why you should be elected,” he said.
“I mean, some of the questions were, honestly, issues that he should have wanted to talk about and should have been able to talk about brilliantly,” Tapper said.
“And that’s when I realized it wasn’t even about, oh my God, I’ve been lied to. It was, I had the same thought that some Democrats told us, Democrats who worked for Biden told us they had that during that debate, which was, oh my God, who’s running the country?” he said.