Posted on 01/02/2023 7:14:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
There’s an old expression that the cover-up tends to be worse than the crime. Now, I don’t know if we can yet say that in the case of what’s going on with the Department of Justice and the investigations into the Bidens, largely because we don’t know how bad the “crime” is yet. But it surely sounds like they have a whole lot of explaining to do about their actions — and why they aren’t turning over 400 pages of documents related to Hunter and Jim Biden’s business dealings.
Colorado lawyer Kevin Evans is a FOIA expert who sued to get documents pertaining to “any relationship, communication, gift(s), and/or remuneration in any form” between the president’s son Hunter or brother Jim, and China, Russia, or Ukraine.
Evans said the DOJ lawyers admitted that they had at least 400 “potentially relevant” documents, but now are trying to say that they won’t “confirm or deny” it.
Evans filed his FOIA request more than two years ago in November 2020.
‘They eventually produced about 60 pages of documents, but they’re all letters from senators and congressmen asking about Hunter, and letters from DoJ back,’ he said.
‘Then towards the end of last year they said, ”well we have these 400 pages of potentially responsive documents, we need to review them.”
‘In March I filed suit, and before Magistrate Judge Michael Hegarty they made the same representation: they’ve done a thorough search, they’ve uncovered 400 potentially responsive documents.’
But then after having revealed that, a few months later after producing nothing, they claimed they could “neither confirm or deny” that they had any records.
Evans said that he didn’t think they could now say that they could “neither confirm or deny” when they’d already responded about the potentially responsive documents. Yes, that sounds like a problem and a cover-up. So what happened to those 400 pages? If they previously flagged them, why are they backtracking now?
Evans said he was fairly certain that they were going to move for summary judgment under the privacy exemptions under FOIA, so they wouldn’t have to comply with the request.
‘But I don’t think they should in this instance, particularly when they’ve disclosed and put on the record that potentially responsive documents exist.
‘The problem is, FOIA has become a toothless vehicle. Courts do not comply with the spirit of the law, they’re more inclined to bend over backwards to accept the government’s position rather than force disclosure.’
The next hearing in the matter is Jan. 9 so we’ll have to see what happens then.
But the DOJ needs to answer on this one. I’m thinking this might be first on the hit parade for the incoming Republican Congress to look into, although who knows at this point if they’ll get any kind of a straight answer. As we previously reported, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the guy who will be the head of the Oversight Committee has already said that pursuing where the DOJ and the FBI are on the Hunter Biden investigation is high on their list. And it isn’t just Hunter and Jim Biden they’re looking at, it’s Joe Biden and any possible compromising connections that he had to the foreign business dealings.
On top of these records that Evans is trying to get, the National Archives is also planning on releasing almost 300 records from the Obama administration related to Hunter Biden and Burisma. Joe Biden had 60 days to object to the release, so he has until the middle of February. But if he objects, that will set off even more alarms about the cover-up. So far, Biden has said nothing on the subject.
The seriousness of the charges for us. Coverups for them.
Well I suppose the new House can subpoenae those records. It sounds like SCOTUS will allow it. Then they can release them for all to see.
If Trump’s tax returns are fair game, surely these are.
The corrupt DOJ never did this for Trump.
Bttt
DOJ is owned by the Dems.
Those documents are Russian disinformation. I know 51 intelligence officials who know.
Hmm. What would Nancy Pelosi and a Democrat-led House have done if Donald Trump had ordered the DOJ not to turn over documents relating to obvious criminality in his real estate operations?
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Those agencies are simply Team Biden, as is Mitch, Lindsey, Grassley, Pence, Barr, Milley.
They had dirt on Biden in 2013. In 2016 (seven years ago) Biden admits on Video to bribing Ukraine with a Billion dollars!
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How in God’s green earth, can a government entity refuse to hand over documents to a legal authority?
If this was the only thing they did to steal the election, it was enough...
But all indications are that they went “6 ways from Sunday”, and colluded
with foreign powers in the process as well.
~Easy
There is a now a huge sh*t Sandwich at DOJ. It was small at first, now its grown to the size of an aircraft hanger.
Someone is going to have to eat it sooner or later. I think that it will be Rectal Wray.
I want to see Biden's tax returns... see if President Sniffer paid taxes on his and Hunter's bribes.
Biden is President BECAUSE he is compromised.
The same way the slow walked a Presidential order to declassify documents. They know there are no consequences.
And, even more, they know that someone like McCarthy isn’t going to press the issue. He’ll talk of more pressing issues and that the people shouldn’t dwell on the past.
Pull on that thread and there’s no telling who’s going to be exposed.
“Holy not surprised, Batman!”
I doubt it... In a Banana Republic the only real threat to the Rulers is a coup from the inside..and anybody that might possibly be a threat is purged or eliminated quickly.... the voters only option is an insurrection..... and that's against the LAW!! .... /s
The Garland - led DOJ is the most corrupt one in U.S. history.
I’m proud to say that I worked with the best of them for almost 30 years. There isn’t one leader of the Garland clique, including the National Security Div. and Criminal Division /FBI I would trust and I knew/worked with the top of the FBI leaders many years ago.
The Clintons, Obama’s and Biden have nearly destroyed the internal security and political corruption fighting abilities of the US.
This is treason at its Deep State cesspool best.
bttt
Obstruction of justice?
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