Seth Meyers skips asking George Clooney about Biden's mental decline, not recognizing him at fundraiser

NBC Late Night host Seth Meyers interviewed Hollywood star George Clooney on Monday but failed to question the actor about the overview that former President Joe Biden failed to recognize the a-list actor at his own campaign benefit event or any of the news about the ex-president's mental decline in office Just weeks after CNN host Jake Tapper and Axios journalist Alex Thompson revealed in their book Original Sin that Biden allegedly failed to recognize Clooney backstage at a June charity event last year Meyers chose not to ask the actor about the episode or even mention the former president during the entire interview Approximately one month following the communicated situation Clooney wrote a guest essay in The New York Times calling for Biden to be replaced as the Democratic nominee due to his declining mental acuity CREDIBILITY DILEMMA BIDEN'S LATE-NIGHT ALLIES GO QUIET AFTER DAMNING COGNITIVE DECLINE REVELATIONSRather than questioning the Hollywood star about the stated charity event happening Meyers centered the interview around Clooney's acting career and his current Tony Award nomination for his play Good Night and Good Luck His omission of Biden was first flagged by Mediaite Despite all the attention Original Sin has generated liberal comedians Seth Meyers Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have not mentioned any of the revelations according to Grabien transcripts The three hosts were all strong supporters of Biden's presidency and Kimmel and Colbert helped fundraise for him last year The liberal hosts have all welcomed Biden for friendly interviews the last time being on Late Night with Seth Meyers in February just days after the release of the Hur summary Meyers gently broached the subject of Biden's age before hastily moving on to other topics CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND VALUES NEWSSpecial Counsel Robert Hur who conducted the research into Biden's mishandling of classified documents wrote in his overview that he declined to bring charges against the former president in part because a jury would likely not find him guilty due to a perception that he was a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory Meyers called Hur's comments a gratuitous hypothetical and stressed that Hur was a Republican attorney who was originally appointed by Trump If that kind of language was appropriate in a legal finding then prosecutors could have done the same thing to Trump Meyers noted before repeatedly drawing attention to President Donald Trump's mental acuity Fox News' Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this document