President Joe Biden’s struggling debate performance Thursday night sent shock waves of anxiety across the Democratic Party, but it also served as a vindicating moment for former special counsel Robert Hur.

As Biden, 81, stumbled over his words, speaking incoherently at times or staring blankly as his opponent spoke, viewers pointed out that his mental fitness was foreshadowed in Hur’s report on the president’s handling of classified documents.

At the time of the report’s release in February, Hur was sharply criticized by the White House and Democrats for including details in it about Biden’s declining memory.

Some, such as Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, found the debate placed newfound importance on the Department of Justice releasing audio recordings of the interview Hur conducted with Biden last year as part of his investigation.