In early February, special counsel Robert Hur delivered his report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents while out of office. While he did not find any wrongdoing, Hur made news by writing that Biden was an “elderly man” with a “faulty memory” — a troublesome claim for a president already facing questions about his age. On Tuesday, hours after the transcript of their conversation contradicted some of Hur’s claims, he appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the report. Here are the most notable moments from the hearing.

In his opening statement, Hur stated that while classified documents were found at Biden’s home, he added that his team “did not have evidence that could prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” After explaining why Hur did not charge Biden for taking the documents, he said why his comments are the president’s mental state. “My task was to determine whether the president retained or disclosed national information willingly,” Hur said. “I could not make that determination without assessing the president’s state of mind.”

Hur defended his choice to offer his opinion on Biden’s age. “These are the types of issues that prosecutors analyze every day,” he said.

In the summary of the report released in February, Hur claimed that Biden forgot when his son Beau died. But in the transcript from their interview, Biden knew the exact day, as others in the room jumped in to provide the year:

Here is the passage where President Biden talks about the death of his son Beau -- and names the exact day that he dies as others jump in to add that it happened in 2015. pic.twitter.com/eGnZtVcBwV

Biden also joked about his age during the interview:

President Biden when Republican counsel Hur showed him years-old photographs: “You can tell it's old. I have my arm around Lindsey Graham.” pic.twitter.com/STRJJJC1vr

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