We have been discussing the dubious constitutional basis for President Joe Biden withholding the audio tapes of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur. I have previously written that the claim of privilege makes little sense when the transcript of the interview has already been released. It seems curious that Biden is claiming to be the president “who cannot be heard” in withholding the audio version. It just got wackier as the Justice Department seeks to create a new type of “Deepfake privilege” that would effectively blow away all existing limits on the use of the privilege when it comes to audio or visual records of a president.
Multiple committees are investigating Biden for possible impeachment and conducting oversight on the handling of the investigation into his retention and mishandling of classified material over decades. Classified documents were found in various locations where Biden lived or worked, including his garage. The mishandling of classified material is uncontestable. Broken boxes, unprotected areas and lack of tracking are all obvious from the photos.
Biden made the situation even worse with a disastrous press conference in which he attacked Hur and misrepresented his findings.
Hur’s ultimate conclusion that Biden’s diminished cognitive abilities would undermine any prosecution left many dumbfounded. After all, the man who is too feeble to prosecute is not only running a superpower with a massive nuclear arsenal but running for reelection to add four more years in office.
From impeachment to oversight to the 25th Amendment (allowing the removal of a president for incapacities), there are ample reasons for Congress to demand information and evidence from the government on these questions. Congress is also interested in looking at repeated omissions for “inaudible” statements. Under this sweeping theory that Biden can legitimately withhold these recordings under executive privilege, any president could withhold any evidence of incapacity or criminality.
As previously explained, the claim that the audiotape but not the transcript remains privileged is hard to square with precedent or logic. However, now the Justice Department appears to be pivoting with a new claim with a late Friday filing. The filing obtained by Politico states that the audiotape must be withheld due to the risk that it could be altered by artificial intelligence and passed off as authentic in a deepfake release: “The passage of time and advancements in audio, artificial intelligence, and ‘deep fake’ technologies only amplify concerns about malicious manipulation of audio files.”
Consider the implications of that argument for a second. It would mean that any visual or audio recording of the President could be withheld due to the danger of digital or other manipulation. It would eviscerate any existing limits on privilege assertions.
It is also absurd since you could create such fake recordings using the transcript and Biden’s voice from countless interviews through AI programs. The Justice Department acknowledges that obvious logical disconnect by noting that the release would make any fake version more credible.
“To be sure, other raw material to create a deepfake of President Biden’s voice is already available, but release of the audio recording presents unique risks: if it were public knowledge that the audio recording has been released, it becomes easier for malicious actors to pass off an altered file as the true recording,.”
The filing is logically and legally absurd. It is also dangerous.
For a president who is already carefully insulated from questions and controlled in public appearances, the argument would allow staff to completely control any public or, more importantly, congressional review of his actual speech and discourse.
In seeking to prevent “malicious actors” from altering reality, the government is claiming the right to frame reality as an inherent constitutional prerogative.
The argument ignores that, if an audiotape is released, it is harder to pass off a fake as genuine. As it stands, actors can claim tapes as leaked or derived from other sources. In the absence of an official tape, such arguments can be difficult to refute.
The fact that this spurious argument is being made by Merrick Garland’s Justice Department is another disappointing sign that he has abandoned his pledge to remain apolitical in office. This litigation is clearly designed for one overriding purpose: to delay any release until after the election when it cannot harm the President.
It is the legal version of a deepfake — misrepresenting the law to mislead citizens into believing that they are better off with less information on the credibility and competence of their president.
“[T]he audiotape must be withheld due to the risk that it could be altered . . .”
So an audiotape can be altered, but a transcript of that tape cannot?!
Do Leftists ever consider the implications of their own (absurd) arguments?
Agree–I would like to compare the audio with the transcript. I also would like to hear how he answered. IMHO, this upcoming election is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, in the life of our country. There is a responsibility of the powers that be to not hide, mis- or disinform the voting citizenry–that is election fraud. By discussing and planning to limit access is intent of election interference–IMHO.
Defies logic is putting it mildly. There is seemingly no limit to the mendacity of this administration or their disdain for anyone outside of their milieu. I fail to see how their redactions, edits, or ‘corrections’ of already released transcripts or material are not tampering of the highest order, and no software was necessary (incidentally, they are trying to gaslight about technology, too; in their arrogance, they really are counting on us to be that stupid). That doesn’t even take into account the careful planning and scripting of every word or action. Seriously, the chutzpah in play here by our modern left could melt your brain. It’s sickening and insulting to even the mildly educated.
People don’t believe anything they say because even regarding simple, incontrovertible fact, not a single true statement has come out of their mouths, for *years*. Not one. Every goddam thing they say is a lie or half-truth. It would be pathetic and hilarious were it not so intentional and consequential.
Now do the Nixon tapes. While no AI existed cerca 1972, it’s persuasive evidence that EO media files carry a value that dwarfs the possibility of subsequent third-party tampering. With this posture, Biden adopts a position analogous to the argument presently before SCOTUS on blanket POTUS immunity: executive privilege extends to everything POTUS says in private. And all that aside, who really believes any media – audio or video – won’t be tampered with?
I must agree with Leon King about none of these federal officeholders being allowed to hold office again. But there is no way to make it stand because a change in administrations can almost always undo it or change it. That is why a wall with rifleman lined up parallel to it is usually used in Banana republics when they overturn or turn out a government. It’s the most permanent means of preventing a return to power. Although I find this administration lawless, and without any redeeming qualities, I am not prepared to take them to that wall. They might, in time, however, push us over that edge.
The DOJ and the president’s office has turned to trash. They are sol unbelievable that they are to the point where a great many people no longer tryst anything they say or do.
The local AI machine used by this administration must have been overheating last week since they also put out a peace plan for Gaza and said the Israeli’s had proposed it and then released it just as the Jewish sabbath started so as to get no response for 24 hours. The Prime minister’s office broke the sabbath to basically deny it. It was a blatant attempt to bring down the Israeli government by attempting to sow doubt in the religious parties so they would split from Netanyahu. Those parties also blasted the agreement. And this is the second time they have done this.
This administration seems to have no shame and no standards of behavior of any discernible type. They are beyond redemption.
Frankly I think this president’s actions border on and maybe have surpassed treason.
I don’t think you can pardon that.
GEB,
Well said and I agree.
If it were possible to follow contributors on this blog, you’d be first on my list. Thanks.
The committee’s reasons for needing the voice recording are spurious at best. They already have the transcripts. What republicans want is something they can use for political purposes instead of genuine investigation purposes. What republicans are saying is they don’t trust the transcripts provided by Hur. They are official government transcripts the same transcripts used by the same committees of witnesses and interviews during the Impeachment inquiry. We already know republicans selectively leak snippets of interviews and audio tapes to produce a false narrative. The White House has good reason to withhold the audio tapes and they can certainly let the committees go through the courts and appeals all the way to the Supreme Court. It worked for Trump. It certainly can work for Biden.
The impeachment inquiry has not found anything and they are desperate. Especially now that Trump has been found guilty and is a convicted felon.
The committee’s reasons for needing the voice recording are spurious at best. They already have
the transcripts.
First, Privilege applies to the information. Not the medium.
This DoJ, “Legal” interpretation would open up all subjects of DoJ investigation to simply reply to only written questions. It is clear the information has been provided
Second. Investigators ALWAYS work from source documents. regardless of medium.
Third. This Biden Administration alters almost every transcript of Bidens oral meanderings. So yes, there is ample proof the transcript distorts, and contridicts the sanitized transcript.
Iowan2,
“ Third. This Biden Administration alters almost every transcript of Bidens oral meanderings.”
You have proof of that?
Making stuff up to make an excuse to obtain something they already have is something republicans have already been caught doing multiple times.
They have already gotten caught misrepresenting testimony behind closed doors. They need to have interviews behind closed doors so nobody hears what is said and then produce snippets of interviews out of context to push a narrative. Republicans have more evidenc against them for manipulating testimony than democrats.
The transcript is an official document. They already have the information they want. They only want audio to use for political purposes not investigative purposes.
They only want audio to use for political purposes not investigative purposes.
My second point. Investigators ALWAYS use SOURCE documents.
Iowan2,
Audio recordings are NOT documents. The transcript of the interview is an official document of what was said. It’s part of the congressional record. Republicans want the audio recording to use for purely political purposes. They are that desperate.
My past profession was operating a grain business. Holding a State and Federal license. Annual audits required source documents. All our contracts were digitized, but after seeing the copies, they required they source documents.
Scale documents also required scale tickets as source documents be kept. Not Just the digital required Daily Position Record.
Source documents is SOP. Congress has Constitutional power of Oversight. Congress, not the Executive set those required parameters of Oversight.
Iowan2,
Source documents are official documents. The transcripts provided by Hur ARE source documents. The need for audio recordings because they say they don’t trust the official transcripts despite the fact that they have never questioned the transcripts of other interviews does not pass the smell test. They want the audio recordings because they want to use them for political purposes. It’s that obvious. It does not serve a legitimate legislative purpose.
The transcripts provided by Hur ARE source documents.
FALSE
Iowan2,
No. They are the source document for what was said during the interview. It’s literally part of Hur’s report.
So you’re saying they wrote the transcript in real time and then read it to create the audio
The transcript was created from the audio, making the audio the original source
George. You have yet to base your comments on the law, or constitution.
Congress has the Constitutional POWER of oversight. Congress, not the executive decides the rules. Unless you have a legal basis for the challenge, you are just backgound noise.
Iowan2,
“ Congress has the Constitutional POWER of oversight. Congress, not the executive decides the rules. Unless you have a legal basis for the challenge, you are just backgound noise.”
They already exercised their power of oversight. They got their report from Hur. The investigation already concluded. The transcript is an official document and it was used to corroborate Hur’s interview with Biden.
The law has nothing to do with this. They already have the official transcript and Hut’s report. That they don’t trust the transcript, an official document, and say it may be fake, why don’t they interview the transcriber? The person who heard the recording can attest to the authenticity of the audio since it’s a transcript of the audio.
This is so stupid. If republicans believe the transcript was possibly faked by the DOJ what makes them think the voice recording isn’t too? Why would they trust the voice recording if they can’t trust the transcript?
They want the recording for political fodder. They want to use the voice and manner in which he answered questions to show he’s a doddering old man. It has nothing to do with a genuine investigation. They wan to use it for campaign ads against Biden.
This of course from the guy who thinks a live blog from the trial is the “source”
He literally just said
“Transcript of a voice recording is the source document, not the voice recording”
How does one even debate such am imbecile???
Anonymous,
“ This of course from the guy who thinks a live blog from the trial is the “source”
It’s “a” source. It was live and it was certainly accurate.
“ Transcript of a voice recording is the source document, not the voice recording”
It’s still true. A transcript is written documentation of what was said. A voice recording is not a document. It’s a…recording.
Document; a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something.
Recording; the action or process of recording sound or a performance for subsequent reproduction or broadcast.
Oh look at george, attempting a third grader end around to his stupidity.
Because he feels really dumb for claiming that the transcript of the recording is the source.
You do understand you are a laughingstock, right???
No anonymous, you’re just showing your inability to grasp basic reading comprehension. That’s why you resort to foul mouthed insults. You don’t have anything else.
Try again george. That third grade shit aint flying.
The source is the original recording. period. The transcript is not the source in this case. If there were no recording, it would be. Just like the transcript of a phone call to ukraine would not be the source, the recording of the phone call if there were one, would be the source.
Just keep doubling down on your stupidity bro, we are used to it.
Welp, here’s the proof of what i suggested earlier.
George wants “proof” of that which is common knowledge, except for his dumb ass.
They doctor the official transcript of his speeches EVERY DAY.
Crawl out of that msnbc rock you hide under, dum dum.
Anonymous,
“ They doctor the official transcript of his speeches EVERY DAY.”
You’re taking about SPEECHES not interviews. Every single president including Trump has their speeches cleaned up. Speechwriters constantly adjust and change speeches or remarks. It’s always been that way for every single president. This shows how ignorant you are. That you don’t know the difference between speeches and interviews from an investigation is not surprising.
Now its about a difference, since he was proven to be ignorant of the changes that were referred to and wanted “proof”
That you dont know the difference between a speech writer and an official transcript of a speech AFTER the fact makes YOU the idiot.
Transcripts of Presidents words are not “cleanups by speech writers”
LMAO can anyone be this dump unless its on purpose??
Anonymous,
“ Now its about a difference, since he was proven to be ignorant of the changes that were referred to and wanted “proof”
You can’t tell the difference between a speech and an interview.
“Transcripts of Presidents words are not “cleanups by speech writers”
Yes they are. Speeches and president’s remarks from the White House are always cleaned up and adjusted. This is done with all presidents.
The WH press office and WH speech writers do this all the time for every president. Even Trump had that. It’s obvious you’re ignorant of that fact.
Please post a doctored transcript from ALL of the 45 presidents.
Your words, mr semantics
“The erectionists who stormed the capitol on july 6th”
——Joe Biden, before the “cleanup”
Read any story about the White House “cleaning up” Biden’s remarks when it releases transcripts. The information is easily searchable. The transcripts not where changes or additions are made, but how are we supposed to know what was actually said without the video or audio. As for committees wanting recordings for political and not investigative purposes, that’s common, and it’s also making Democrats live by the rules and tactics they employ when they have control of the committees. What goes around, comes around — or something like that.
Zenny,
“ Read any story about the White House “cleaning up” Biden’s remarks when it releases transcripts”
Every president has their remarks cleaned up before release. Every one. It’s only when presidents are interviewed by the press or are videoed during pressers are their remarks unfiltered.
Trump went on a drunk seeming rant after his conviction making no sense and looking like a crazy uncle. It’s guaranteed his official remarks when he was in office were cleaned up. There’s no mystery to it except to those not aware or ignorant about the process of making speeches and issuing remarks from the WH office.
Please post an example of a doctored transcript of every prior president. Just makin’ shit up again.
We hold these truths to be self evident that…oh, you know, the thing.
They are not “doctored”. They are cleaned up, adjusted, edited, changed according to changing events. Every president goes through draft revisions of speeches and official remarks.
Every speech every official remark is vetted by press office or speechwriters. This is normal for every president.
I’ll make this even easier, mr makin-shit-up, Please post one “cleaned up” transcript from each of the last 10 presidents.
Anonymous, you can find them yourself.
Besides, how would you know they were cleaned up. It can be any remark or speech from the president released by the WH.
Every single SOTU is an example. Every press release is an example.
Every press conference by a president is an example. You have thousands to choose from.
I wasnt the one who claimed they existed.
Once again, you make shit up and then tell someone else to prove your made up shit.
Those are not examples. “Every” and “all” got you into a pickle and you want to try to use those same words to get out of it.
Post 10. We’ll wait.
George the moron apparently hasn’t seen all the official transcripts that this administration has doctored, including the “erectionists” comment.
No way it could happen here.
Idiot.
“Someone might doctor it” is not executive privilege.
Congress has no purpose for it is no argument when they already made the information public.
“The committee’s reasons for needing the voice recording are spurious at best.”
We will wait here while you go find the reasons. Because I am 100% certain you dont know what they are.
The DoJ just claimed the recordings could be faked, making one of the committee’s arguments for them. Its much easier to fake a transcript.
Idiot
Anonymous,
“ The DoJ just claimed the recordings could be faked, making one of the committee’s arguments for them.”
No, DOJ alluded to the recording being faked by the committees because they already have been caught altering testimony and publishing out of context statements from interviews behind closed doors.
You are really committed to sticking to your conspiracy theories and rabbit holes aren’t you?
Lmao george the un self aware moron just pushed a conspiracy theory of what could happen to the voice recording when released and accused someone else of the same.
Admit it, dip shit. You arent afraid of the political ramifications of the “doctored” version. You are afraid of the real thing.
Chicken shit ia what you are.
@New George:
Remember this: What Republicans want is not a problem. Trust and snippets are not problematic.
“The White House has a valid reason to keep the audio tapes confidential.”
The public has a right to know. The transcript is out, so the public has a right to read the transcript while listening to the audio tapes. If the Speech Moron believes snippets will be used, make sure the entire audio is available on the net so everyone can hear and read the whole interview.
I hope you enjoy your Trains because the Lord didn’t provide you with Brains.
A. Meyer,
“ The transcript is out, so the public has a right to read the transcript while listening to the audio tapes.”
The audiotapes will go through the committees first before the public gets to hear them. Who is to say the committees won’t manipulate the audio recordings or release them in their entirety. They have already gotten caught manipulating the narrative be releasing only out of context snippets and claims.
They already have the official transcript. They are saying the transcript THEY accepted into the congressional record is possibly fake. So why don’t they go after the person who transcribed the audio and verify that it’s accurate?
They want to use it for campaign purposes. Not for investigation. They already have their report.
Scared^^^^
Terrified more like it. You have a DOJ running interference for a senile President’s reelection campaign. Still haven’t heard why the #3 from DOJ left his job and become the lead Trump prosecutor, or why Bragg and Willis both had so many White House visits…
And you wont hear it from george the moron. Just like svelaz, he is off to the next lie
“Who is to say the committees won’t manipulate the audio recordings or release them in their entirety. ”
@New George: We already saw the Democrats doing everything you worry about. Take J6. The Democrats provided snippets and then trashed all the documents so no one could show the truth to the public. Constantly on this blog, you and other leftists misquote Trump and don’t even apologize when the full quote is brought to your attention. You are a liar, and even after proof is provided, you lie again at a later time.
Some think you are paid. Democrats pay for stupidity, lying and thievery, so it is a possibility. I say if you are paid, that is fine, for your stupidity prevents others from being stupid while they see how you pervert data daily.
“They already have the official transcript. They are saying the transcript THEY accepted into the congressional record is possibly fake. So why don’t they go after the person who transcribed the audio and verify that it’s accurate?”
At best, what you said is incomplete, but we recognize that your intention is to lie. The record might be false, but Hur made a statement about prosecution and they want to hear for themselves all the features of Biden’s interview. We see Biden on TV, but for Hur to have said what he did is necessary to evaluate Biden’s state of mind. The tape is likely far more of an indictment than Biden’s appearances on TV. Only a doofus would want to deny the nation an appropriate evaluation of a Presidential candidate who was said to be ‘incompetent’ to stand before a jury.
“They want to use it for campaign purposes. Not for investigation. They already have their report.”
They want it for both.
The Republican partisans want the tape for campaign purposes, but the most important thing about the tape is that it reveals a person unfit for the office of the Presidency. Hur all but told us that.
The DOJ is refusing Congressional authority to investigate. While the argument continues, Congress should request another expert to provide a new transcript acceptable in the past, where audio recordings weren’t released. We are not necessarily dealing with releasing the tapes to the public, so Congress should have already gotten them. If the follow-up transcriber includes all the ah’s, m’s and z’s, I am sure the Speech Moron would have no objection to its release.
Biden’s DOJ is lawlessly obstructing FOIA requests from non-profits and media for the audio recordings. Judicial Watch, Heritage Foundation, CNN and others have all sued to obtain the recordings.
Stop making up lies pretending you know why anybody wants access to the recordings. Stop manufacturing excuses for the Biden DOJ’s efforts to conceal the recordings.
Excellent post, George. And because you got the first post in the comment section, per our agreement, we are sending you an extra $10.00. Check your Zelle account later today.
Sincerely…..The Biden Counter-Intelligence Team.
I agree with your statement that “In seeking to prevent “malicious actors” from altering reality, the government is claiming the right to frame reality as an inherent constitutional prerogative.”
AND I would go a step farther. It is interesting and perhaps revealing, that the DOJ and the White House have “deep fake” on their minds. It is sometimes noted that certain political entities are quick to accuse others of what they themselves have in mind. I’ll leave it there.
You can also quite easily make “fake” texts, without AI. So the same argument could be used to say that transcripts, or indeed any official document, can never be released so as to prevent its being faked.
France888,
No, because the transcripts are official documents. They were released to put into evidence by the committees into the congressional record. If they were fake texts then Hur’s report is also suspect. It could mean Hur lied in his report.
This is just a witch-hunt. Republicans have not been able to pin anything on Biden and they are frustrated and desperate in light of Trump’s problems. They want something to help uplift Trump and his base. It’s that obvious.
What republicans are doing is deliberately using suspicion and distrust as an excuse to get information or evidence purely for political purposes. It’s literally weaponization of justice and their power to investigate is being abused for purely political purposes. Republicans WANT revenge for the “unfair” treatment of Trump and they want it in any way they can.
“If they were fake texts then Hur’s report is also suspect. It could mean Hur lied in his report.”
Yep. Thanks for making the point.
So you agree Hur could have lied about Biden’s feebleness and the questioning of his mental acuity.
Yep, he could have. Lets see the proof.
So you agree that we should hear the recording to ascertain if Hur lied about what we see every day from Joe
You just never see it coming, do you, numbskull??? LMAO
Well george, do you agree?
“If they were fake texts then Hur’s report is also suspect. It could mean Hur lied in his report.”
How would you find out, without an investigation?
The committee is not claiming Hur lied in his report. They accepted it and introduced it into the congressional record.
They are not claiming the transcript is fake.
If they want to investigate why aren’t they subpoenaed the transcriber or Hur? They can attest to the veracity of the transcript. That’s how they can find out.
Oh, so the transcriber and Hur would fake a transcript, but they would never lie to congress???
Is this a 6th grader we are arguing with? I mean, seriously???
You claim that Hur lied when he said biden was feeble.
The american people deserve to know who really brought up Beau’s death. If it was Hur, this could be prosecutorial misconduct.
Joe says it was Hur. He was adamant about it! Hur says it was Joe. If Joe is telling the truth, then the transcript is FALSE.
One of them is lying. Or is a doddering old man.
You dont care because you could stand next to the truth all day and deny it.
Chicken shit is what you are.
As we evolve into a Democrat-controlled police state, one of the new crimes will be lese-majeste. We will be back in the time of the early Roman empire, where even a joke involving the emperor could bring a death sentence.
I wish that this planet would explode.
Why?
It is such a beautiful place if you know how to look.
Time for Gutfeld to have a Tom Shillue rendition of Biden’s sitdown with Hur.
Gee, I wonder why they would be so desperate to go to these lengths to cover up the audio. What could be so damning?
Upstatefarmer,
Why would they want it? What they are saying is they don’t trust Hur or his report. But they clearly used his report to push the narrative of Biden being feeble.
They want revenge and they want the audio to use against Biden purely for political purposes. They want to “stick it to the dems” as the saying goes. It shows they are desperate.
No.
The Biden admin is in a panic as if the audio were to be released, it just may show how SC Hur came to his conclusion of Biden’s diminished cognitive abilities.
We all suspect this by Biden’s speeches, the WH editing transcripts when his dementia kicks in, the way the WH admin keeps him hidden, or limiting access by the press.
This could be another piece of evidence Biden is not fit for office. And has not been since day one of his admin.
Upstatefarmer,
They are not in a panic. The know why they want it despite the fact that they have the official transcript.
They are not stupid. Republicans have already demonstrated they can’t be trusted with testimony behind closed doors or their “version” of events absent official transcripts.
Trump has the same problem. His rambling incoherent Trump Tower news conference after the guilty verdict showed his mental breakdown in real time. His own speeches and remarks were cleaned up when he was president.
Trump suffered a Mitch style glitch recently. He is having problems making coherent remarks.
“Why would they want it?”
Like i predicted earlier. You dont have a fvcking clue why they want it, despite claiming that their reasons are spurious.
Go read the source documents for once, ya ignorant douche.
“the audio to use against Biden purely for political purposes. “
The audio BEGS to be used for political purposes.
A Presidential election is a political event. And the American people deserve to know who they are voting for.
If Biden is not the cognitive zucchini that the pubs claim he is, then what are you so afraid of?
Stop pretending, ya little kunt. We all know why you don’t want it released. Political reasons.
“ If Biden is not the cognitive zucchini that the pubs claim he is, then what are you so afraid of?”
They will still use it to attack him if he wasn’t showing anything. They want to use it regardless of his mental state. That doesn’t serve as a legitimate legislative purpose.
Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me
George, you dont seem as certain as I am that if the recording were released, it would show that biden is a vibrant, fully cognitive, sharp, astute, well spoken Commander in Chief, fully worthy of my full support and vote for four more years of his amazing speeches.
Why is that?
The filing asserts that not only did Biden voluntarily agree to sit for the interview, but also that he voluntarily agreed that the interview could be recorded.
Biden’s lawyers certainly came to an agreement with SC Hur about how the interview would be conducted.
If those conditions did not include a prohibition on allowing the public to have access to the recording of the interview, I don’t see how the DOJ can legitimately raise that now.
There could legitimately be no such agreement. FOIA says so.
Sure, Biden “agreed” to talk voluntarily. Just like he voluntarily handed over the STOLEN documents.
Why? Because nobody fvcks with a Biden. The man has twice the audacity of Trump.
Repeating lies about his past even after being called out on them.
Recently, repeating the lie that inflation was 9% when he entered office even after being called out for it.
Stealing documents from a classified skiff as a Senator.
Parading naked in front of female agents as VP
Parading his drug addicted son all over the world and around Washington, even AFTER his avarice and repugnant behavior was displayed for the whole world to see.
Continuing to lie to the American people about his knowledge of his family’s “business”
Ignoring his granddaughter even AFTER the press called him out for it. Who can forget a stocking for the dog, but none for Navy?
Repeatedly stealing valor, even to the faces of gold star families, by claiming to be one himself.
This is a short list of examples of the extreme audacity of Joe Biden.
Privilege is like an addiction. First, you just want more. Then you must have more. The desire becomes so strong, you become willing to sacrifice anything to get more. This includes the corpus of the American law. Don’t forget another form of privilege is suspending voter ID, accusing political enemies, and now creating new law – as you indicate.
“And when memory failed and written records were falsified—when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, and never again could exist, any standard against which it could be tested.”
1984-George Orwell
“From impeachment to oversight to the 25th Amendment (allowing the removal of a president for incapacities), there are ample reasons for Congress to demand information and evidence from the government on these questions.” The Republicans have to find their balls first. They are a worthless, corrupt bunch and are part of the problem.
Every employee of this DOJ hired by the Biden administration needs to be rolled up and disqualified from future federal or state employment. There’s a line that should never be crossed and they live on the wrong side of it.
Biden is guilty as charged as well as being demented. Where is justice in America? Pray for our Nation.
Maybe DOJ is already preparing a fake version to send to Congress.
Daniel,
I would not put it past this DOJ.
More Evidence that the DOJ has become an Openly Political Arm of the DNC!
More Evidence that Merrick Garland would have been a deeply Partisan Supreme Court Justice if he had been confirmed!
I think Merrick Garland was involved concealing a bunch of other scandals for the DOJ/FBI and that’s when he began climing the ladder to become a federal judge. If you play ball with the deep state, your career takes off. I don’t think he would have survived confirmation.
Goebbels (and Big Brother too) would proudly support the position of the Department of Just Us.
It’s the same in any nation, after all. The ideation that we have a democracy accountable to the public is a deep fake. The real power behind our game of thrones is unaccountable.
“ Hur’s ultimate conclusion that Biden’s diminished cognitive abilities would undermine any prosecution left many dumbfounded.”
That was not Hur’s main conclusion. The problem Hur had was that he could not prosecute president Biden because he had no evidence to prosecute Biden for mishandling documents. In order to be able to prosecute he had to establish willful intent and obstruction. Without them Hur could not legally prosecute Biden. The professor completely ignores the clear distinctions between Trump and Biden. Trump who is already a convicted criminal refused for cooperate for nearly year. He deliberately hid and moved around documents to avoid authorities from retrieving documents that were not his to keep. He lied to law enforcement about turning over everything and ended up the execution of a search warrant.
Biden in contrast fully cooperated and immediately returned any documents that were found. He voluntarily allowed the FBI to search his properties and returned any documents found. The fact that he cooperated and returned everything is why Hur could not prosecute him. Then there’s the problem of Hur not being able to prosecute because president’s cannot be prosecuted while in office. The excuse to use Biden’s “feebleness” to defer prosecution was nothing more than cheap shot for not being able to find anything to prosecute him for.
You can tell by the tone of the column that this is just an opportunity to appease Trump supporters and given them something to soothe their bruised and damaged psyches over the ‘devastation’ from Trump’s conviction. It’s essentially a gratuitous cheap shot.
This is absolutely untrue. The documents existing in the locations and he had it and when they were from were irrefutable. They also have tapes of him sharing classified information with his ghost writer. To even make such claims shows you are not a person to consider competent or honest.
Sw,
The documents existing or their location not in dispute. Biden doesn’t dispute that.
People keep forgetting that Biden doesn’t personally handle the documents once he’s done with them. Staff does. They are also responsible for making sure they are properly returned or safeguarded depending on their classification level.
“ They also have tapes of him sharing classified information with his ghost writer. ”
Just because it says “classified” doesn’t mean the information shared is highly sensitive. There are multiple levels of classification. From the lowest. “Confidential” to the highest “top secret SCIF”
The lowest is not grounds for extreme punishment like jail or heavy fines. Thats why Hur could not prosecute Biden the way republicans wanted.
Biden AND vp Pence did the one thing Trump refused to do. Immediately cooperate and turn over the documents upon discovery.
Here, George once again runs his big fat mouth on a subject of which he is completely ignorant.
First of all, Confidential is not the lowest classification.
Secondly, many people have been punished for mishandling Confidential material with zero criminal intent. So thats just an outright lie.
Gaslighting about jail and heavy fines dont fly, numbnuts. He wasnt prosecuted at all.
For your information, because you seem to be an outright idiot on the subject, many of the secrets concerning the capabilities of our nuclear submarines are classified confidential, including entirely the workings, specifications, and designs of the nuclear reactor plant.
“Cooperation” is completely irrelevant. None of what you have stated is correct. Biden is absolutely guilty of illegally possessing classified material. You should try listening more and talking less. He has no defense to possessing classified documents. None at all. Even your definition of possession of lower level classified documents not being grounds for jail sentences, is also completely false. Many factors enter into a sentencing decision, but possessing classified documents, even ones that you have deemed to be “low-level”, can absolutely result in prison time. By all means, keep up the good fight, but you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
“ Biden is absolutely guilty of illegally possessing classified material.”
You still have to prove possession was intentional. Hur reported that was not the case. Hur didn’t have enough to proceed with prosecution. His case would have lost in court.
He possessed documents that were accessed in a classified skiff.
I dont need to prove intent. Res ipsa loquitur, dumb ass.
Trump pardoned a career Navy petty officer who was serving hard time for possessing pictures of himself in the control room of a submarine. A place where visitors are allowed every day. Do you think he had criminal intent?
GFY with that nonsense, Gigi.
And i get sick of “woulda lost in court”. Thats a copout. Where is the discovery? The compelled testimony? The plea deals threatened and offered?
Above the law.
Returning stolen merchandise does not absolve you of the crime of stealing it in the first place. And secondly treason is far worse than stealing mechandise. A proper investigation of Biden would have included finding out what he DID with that information. Because therein lies the definition of treason.
It wasn’t stolen. He had authority to have them when he was a senator and VP.
No senator has the authority to possess classified documents outside of a secure skiff
Pathological liar
Here we see George run his big fat ignorant mouth again. He doesnt have a clue about the rules for handling classified documents. He thinks you can just walk around with them because you have the clearance and the need to know.
Idiot.
Do you know why he couldnt possess them outside secure areas George????
Res ipsa loquitur
Because thats how they end up in a fvcking box in a garage, you moron.
You want to claim he had no knowledge, when he admitted that he told his ghost writer that he had classified documents. Save that shit for your fellow kool aid drinkers bruh.
If you leave your classified documents laying around for aides to clean up after, that is mishandling of classified materials, with intent to do so. If you neglect to properly put them where they fvcking belong, its not your aid’s fault, its yours. And that neglect is willful. He didnt forget he had all those goddam documents, did he? Is that what you are seriously arguing? That he was just as daft in 2016 as he is now???
“ If you neglect to properly put them where they fvcking belong, its not your aid’s fault, it’s yours. And that neglect is willful.”
LOL!!!
His staff is responsible for putting classified documents where they belong. They are responsible for obtaining them for Biden. You know, the administrative stuff. He can ask for them. But his staff handles the retrieval and collection of the documents when they are done with them.
Biden doesn’t do all of that himself. No senator does. That’s why they have staff. Staff with proper security clearances.
He didn’t forget? How did he know how his staff handled those documents? You’re clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
You’re hilarious.
Here George shows his ignorance again.
Oh, let me throw in an LOL for effect.
To handle classified materials unsupervised, a person must have, in addition to clearance, a NEED TO KNOW. A senators staff has no such need. That is why a SENATOR cannot possess classified documents outside of a secure skiff. He STOLE them.
George the moron thinks a senator can take classified materials outside a secure area
“and immediately returned any documents that were found.”
That is a goddam lie. You might want to review the timeline again, dumb ass.