Biden Campaign Declined Inspection for Earpiece Before Debate: Trump Campaign

L: Former Vice-President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accepts the Democratic Party nomination for president during the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 20, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images); R: President Donald Trump after delivering his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 27, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign agreed to an inspection for electronic earpieces before the start of the Sept. 29 debate but is now declining, according to President Donald Trump’s campaign.

“Joe Biden’s handlers several days ago agreed to a pre-debate inspection for electronic earpieces but today abruptly reversed themselves and declined,” Tim Murtaugh, the campaign’s communications director, said in a statement.