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Could be any of the things you mention.

Also, could be that she is trying to establish her defense. I have to admit that would be a pretty good defense: “I was acting on behalf of the USA with orders from the C.A”

Didn’t work at Nuremberg, though. :-)

Obama Reportedly Tried to Talk Biden Out of 2020 Run: 'You Don't Have to Do This, Joe'

[link:https://www.mediaite.com/obama/obama-reportedly-tried-to-talk-biden-out-of-2020-run-you-dont-have-to-do-this-joe/|

By Morgan PhillipsAug 16th, 2019, 12:31 pm

President Barack Obama reportedly tried to talk Sen. Joe Biden out of a presidential run just before he declared his candidacy, according to a New York Times report.

“You don’t have to do this, Joe, you really don’t,” Obama told Biden earlier this year, according to a source at the Times.

The two had spoken at least half a dozen times before Biden ultimately decided to run. “Obama took pains to cast his doubts about the campaign in personal terms,” said the Times article.

In 2016, Obama also quietly pressured Biden to sit out the race, partly because he thought Hillary Clinton had a better chance of building on his agenda and partly because he did not think Biden was emotionally equipped to handle the race just after the 2015 death of his son Beau Biden.