Overview

• Original Sin chronicles efforts by Biden’s inner circle to conceal mounting mental and physical decline during his presidency and 2024 re-election bid
• Jake Tapper told Piers Morgan he views the cover-up as “maybe even worse than Watergate” because Nixon remained mentally alert while in office
• Tapper acknowledged he and other outlets underreported the story and called for journalistic soul-searching over past coverage
• Axios’s Alex Thompson said aides rationalized secrecy as necessary to prevent gifting an advantage to Donald Trump
• Revelations land as Biden confronts an advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, intensifying calls for transparency on presidential health