Now Biden gets his very own special counsel
I guess the second classified documents announcement – that some were found in Biden’s garage near his Corvette – was a bridge too far, even for Garland, and he felt he had to give at least the appearance of parity with his reaction to Trump:
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate President Biden’s handling of classified documents dating back to the Obama administration on Thursday.
Garland tapped Robert Hur, a former United States Attorney, to handle the investigation. The Justice Department escalated to a special counsel investigation from a mere review on Thursday after a second stash of classified documents was found inside the garage of Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home. The first documents were found inside the Washington offices of the Penn Biden Center think tank.
No FBI raids, of course.
I predict all of this will go away regarding any consequences for Biden. It does at least somewhat take the winds out of the “prosecute Trump for the MAL documents” sails, though. My guess is that their case against Trump regarding the documents at MAL already wasn’t bearing much fruit, although never underestimate the ability of a determined prosecutor to charge and convict a ham sandwich. In the case of Garland and Biden, however, there is the opposite goal – to exonerate him. Hur has a pretty low profile, and so far I haven’t been able to detect what his attitude is towards Biden.
Biden doesn’t even have the possible defense available to Trump, which is that as president he had declassified the papers in question. Biden was VP at the time he took them, not president. Of course, Biden could claim that Obama declassified them, but I doubt Obama wants to be involved. Then again, Biden seems to be claiming “surprise” that the papers were even there and ignorance about what they say (that article also contains the usual MSM spin in an attempt to exonerate him).
And then there’s this:
The fix is in. Biden crime family has control of the government and I wonder what the chances of an honest election are in 2024. We became the Soviet Union so quietly that even I did not notice until 2020 and the election. I think Hillary was so confident in 2016 that she did not activate the fraud machine. Now they are warned and will leave nothing to chance. The recent Arizona election was an example.
ANNNNND we have a Third Doc or Docs that were “misplaced”.
Biden’s sports car? Funny. It was a sports car that led Jill’s first husband to figure out that Joe was having an affair with Jill. Joe dinged it driving it and had to get it repaired. The repair guy told Jill’s husband.
Lock him up!
You mean he was driving Bill Stevenson’s sports car?
Yes, it will all go away with no real consequences, and yes, the fix is in. Our moribund republic of 2023 (with numerous political prisoners currently being viciously mistreated in DC’s Gitmo) is closer in spirit to the old USSR than is today’s Russia, corrupt though the latter may be. There exists in America not one single system or institution or organization of any importance in which a rational person can place any real trust, nor can one feel any confidence whatsoever in our electoral process, the likelihood of the charismatic and competent Kari ultimately prevailing being nearly nonexistent.
Appointed by Garland, and a former assistant to the FBI’s Wray.
Litmus:
Hur was appointed by Trump in 2018 as US Attorney in Maryland.
Let me take a wild guess; if impartial investigators examined the files possessed by the Clinton’s or Obama’s (either at their homes or offices) they would find all sorts of classified documents.
Neo:
Thanks, I hadn’t seen that. Nevertheless, Trump’s track record concerning his appointments does not inspire confidence, even with a few bright spots.
I believe US Attorneys are chosen upon the recommendation of the Senators of the District they will be working in. As such, Hur was “Trump-appointed”, but he was nominated by two Democrat senators.
Needless to say, the MSM will use the first description but never, ever point out the second.
Neo, the last sentence: “And then there’s this:”
And then there’s : what?
But in the meantime: Who sends expensive lawyers to look through the garage for classified documents? Or were they found some other way?
Biden, through his lawyer will claim that he directed an aide (preferably deceased) to properly handle the documents return. Any failure to do so was thus the responsibility of the deceased aide… Biden of course was too busy with his duties to go behind aides to make sure they’d properly handled every little task to which he directed them. Case closed…
Aggie:
And then there’s a video. It’s showing on my screen. Is it not showing on yours?
If this were actually a serious offense, we would probably need to investigate all the presidents going back to Roosevelt.
Neo: Nope. Even when I refresh. Firefox, 108.0.2 (64-bit)
Hur is danchenko dossier and clinton foundation coverup artists
I am not seeing the video either-just a black rectangle. Could you post a link? Thanks.
(Silk browser on kindle fire hdx)
The part I find utterly amazing. Is every time Trump does something “unprecedented” or “treasonous” or whatever descriptor the press attaches to his actions.
They invariably aren’t. It generally ends up showing that Trump acts like most humans (with a higher spite factor I would add). He makes mistakes, does both good and petty things. And once given power tends to abuse it somewhat.
What I think really rankles them is that it appears that more so then nearly every other part of the swamp. He was on the up and up. Sure there was some level of shadiness involved as I would imagine most people of his status must engage in. Yet even after every ridiculous investigation, every spurious accusation, every underhanded tactic. He was basically clean. I suspect much cleaner than most of his accusers.
His real sin appears that he publicity holds himself in very high regard. And is correct in his assumptions and actions at a much higher level then they are.
If this were actually a serious offense, we would probably need to investigate all the presidents going back to Roosevelt.
FDR, TR, or both? I’d go back as far as Wilson at least.
No he wanted to break the rice bowls that isnt allowed trump is a blunt instrument that was interrupting the party
Look at the collateral damage they are willing to accept to keep him out the collapse of every institution that matters mass privation and proletarizatiob
Here’s the link to the video for those who can’t see it in the post.
Chuck: “If this were actually a serious offense, we would probably need to investigate all the presidents going back to Roosevelt.”
Yep. This is political porn.
I once had a Top-Secret clearance. Had to read all the TS messages that came into the Air Wing aboard the Midway. Most of it was over classified. Today it’s probably worse. Really sensitive stuff like the names of agents inside enemy organizations or capabilities of the newest weapons systems, or nuclear codes are only seen by a very few “need to know” people and held very close. Most of the other stuff has an expiration date or becomes obsolete info. Yet, it stays classified.
IMO, both Special Counsels should do their work quickly and as privately as possible and get this over with. It’s political porn for the bases of the parties.
I’m much more interested in the Biden grift than any mishandlings of classified docs. I doubt that his Special Counsel will look into that.
Andrew McCarthy (mostly at NR) and Jonathan Turley (various outlets including RCP) have been all over the anomalies, conundrums, and DemMedia spin on these now-multiple stories of straying documents.
Almost too many posts to link them all, but here are a few.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/as-a-new-batch-of-classified-documents-emerges-assessing-bidens-statements-about-the-first-batch/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=top-stories&utm_term=first
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/now-its-classified-documents-in-the-garage/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=blog-post&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=top-bar-latest&utm_term=fourth
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/11/turley_bidens_response_to_classified_documents_case_was_rather_unintelligible.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/12/turley_the_facts_dont_support_the_white_house_mantra_that_biden_inadvertently_misplaced_classified_documents.html
Here’s another good report from Fox News today.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-biden-assistant-questioned-law-enforcement-classified-docs-repeatedly-appeared-hunter-emails
Lots of dots to follow.
Also, from Matt Taibbi, a Blast from the Past on the Mar-a-lago raid in August of 2022.
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-third-world
Although some Republican push-back at the time mentioned Obama’s trove of “approved” classified documents at his Presidential Library (or not; the Archives was never really clear about their physical location), but even they didn’t speculate that Biden was violating exactly the same laws at exactly the same time.
Some comments from The Other McCarthy.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/10/mccarthy_on_bidens_classified_docs_democrats_think_they_are_above_the_law_and_thats_what_infuriates_americans.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/12/speaker_mccarthy_where_are_the_leaked_photos_of_president_bidens_documents.html
Caution: my AdBlock didn’t like some site that RCP was trying to load and blocked it.
The headlines pretty much cover the subject.
But since Hunter came up in another post —
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/12/hunter_biden_accessed_garage_where_dad_kept_his_corvette_and_classified_material___148720.html
And the Chinese spies had access to the Penn think tank closet.
Now all we need is to get a Ukrainian on the Wilmington house staff.
A couple of years ago, I would have assumed this was satire.
Now I had to check the source to make sure.
https://babylonbee.com/news/doj-indicts-trump-for-bidens-possession-of-classified-documents
Not really a laughing matter; but sort of funny – watching that clip that Biden sort of defended where the documents were found because it was in the locked garage next to his Corvette which he keeps in a locked garage.
Oh well, that makes it okay, since he keeps his Corvette locked in the garage we know that the documents were safe then! (snarky off)
I’d like to say that this claim that is was okay since the garage was locked is a sign of his senility; except he seems to have had this kind of chutzpah his whole life.
This clip of Biden talking about a locked garage also reminds me of when Hillary “joked” about wiping the computer clean with a cloth. Or when her husband claimed to have smoked pot; but he didn’t inhale!
Just how stupid do they think we are that we cannot see through their garbage? This kind of nonsense galls me as much as their crimes!
Let’s not forget about Hank Johnson’s Plantation theory of the crime.
At some point, perhaps we will realize this appointing of special prosecutors by unelected bureaucrats to investigate the elected office holder subverts democracy. It is not that the elected official shouldn’t be investigated, but it is a shame Congress gave its Constitutional authority to do so to the bureaucracy. In a sane world, Congress would be looking into this to determine the reasonableness of the entire classification system as well as the potential crimes of the official.
See this at https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/get-jack-car-fully-loaded-carpe-donktum-drops-hilarious-video-mocking-biden-documents-scandal-must-see-video/
it is a shame Congress gave its Constitutional authority to do so to the bureaucracy
Is that what happened? I think it was more that the executive branch inherently has the powers of enforcement, and the special prosecutor thing was a way to show some “independence” in the investigation.
The root of our problem lies with human behavior. Our system of government only really works with a virtuous culture.
Not really a laughing matter; but sort of funny – watching that clip that Biden sort of defended where the documents were found because it was in the locked garage next to his Corvette which he keeps in a locked garage.
The documents at Mar a Lago were locked up, too. And even inspected by the feds who recommended an additional lock.
But also, you can’t claim the Mar a Lago documents were still classified, since as POTUS Trump had unlimited authority to declass them.
Let me take a wild guess; if impartial investigators examined the files possessed by the Clinton’s or Obama’s (either at their homes or offices) they would find all sorts of classified documents.
Point of correction: it should be “marked classified documents”. No way to prove the documents a former POTUS has is still classified if they say otherwise, unless the documents date from after they left office.