Attorney General Merrick Garland has spoken about the mental state of President Joe Biden amid concerns by many voters that his advanced age has caused cognitive issues.

The attorney general was questioned at a hearing about Special Counsel Robert Hurr’s report that raised concerns about the president’s cognitive ability.

“It is improper for the attorney general to editorialize,” he said as he attempted to avoid answering the question.

“I take that separately from the question you’re asking about my own observations about the president,” he said to the question from Republican Virginia Rep. Ben Cline “I have complete confidence in the president.”

“I have seen the president effectively guide members of the department of his Cabinet and his military — the president has no impairment,” he said.

The representative pressed him on the matter and the attorney general appeared to get agitated.

“I don’t know how many ways I can say this, I have complete confidence in the president, and I reject your characterization.”

The picture painted by the Special Counsel’s report on the president caused controversy and was not a positive assessment of his mental capabilities.

Just the news noted in February following the release of the report:

Hur’s 388-page report released Thursday may have spared Biden the spectacle of a criminal prosecution similar to that his Justice Department imposed on Donald Trump, but it delivered a devastating blow to the 46th president’s re-election hopes by going out of its way to explain criminal charges weren’t levied in part because jurors might see Biden as a dottering, forgetful old man incapable of criminal intent.

“Mr. Biden will likely present himself to the jury, as he did during his interview with our office, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” Hur wrote in explaining his rationale for refusing prosecution. “…It would be difficult to convince a jury they should convict him – by then a former president who will be at least well into his eighties – of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”