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Did a Democrat leak the Biden ‘filegate’ scandal to the press?
The Hill ^ | 01/17/2023 | MERRILL MATTHEWS

Posted on 01/17/2023 8:13:35 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Could a Democrat, understandably concerned that a Biden 2024 reelection bid would be disastrous for the Democratic Party (not to mention the country and the economy), have leaked President Biden’s “filegate” scandal to the media?

It’s plausible, given what we know – or at least what we think we know – about the sources of the information, the timeline and the widespread opposition to Biden running for president again.

To begin with, we apparently don’t know who tipped off the press about filegate.

CBS broke the story on Jan. 9. The initial report cited only “two sources with knowledge of the inquiry.” CBS never identified the anonymous sources. Nor have other news organizations in their subsequent reporting.

The White House revealed the investigation only after reporters started asking questions. As CBS reported, “Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president confirmed” the story that Biden’s personal attorneys identified the classified documents on Nov. 2. Sauber was only confirming what reporters already knew.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: democrat; filegate; hunterbiden; joebiden; kathychung; leak; scandal; theshill
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To: srmanuel

Maybe.
Or maybe they do as an example of what happens to leakers, because they wanted to try and keep it quiet.
And we’re hearing only bits of the problem, not the full story.


41 posted on 01/17/2023 9:02:38 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They have picked the scapegoat to pin their crimes on

The Biden family.


42 posted on 01/17/2023 9:03:54 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Boogieman

Hillary leaks a lot.


43 posted on 01/17/2023 9:08:37 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: TakebackGOP
Why did Biden’s attorneys report to anyone that he had these documents?

Their allegiance is to the DNC and not Biden. The DNC wants Biden gone.

44 posted on 01/17/2023 9:12:21 AM PST by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden.. big time liar.. can’t help it due to his defective cocoa nut.. is ruining their subversive coup.. by letting the truth slip out. He can not be trusted to consistently lie and or do what his overlords tell him to do.


45 posted on 01/17/2023 9:12:37 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: flamberge

Coups have consequences.


46 posted on 01/17/2023 9:16:17 AM PST by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And true or false, anything coming from the Hill has democrat angle. The Hill only writes what they are told to write.


47 posted on 01/17/2023 9:18:14 AM PST by Revel
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To: Kharis13

Good insight...


48 posted on 01/17/2023 9:23:13 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They are so terrified of Trump that they will decapitate their own...


49 posted on 01/17/2023 9:28:08 AM PST by Magnatron
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To: uranium penguin

Cui bono.
I like how the stinking rats at The Hill act like MSM would run this story without the approval of the DNC.


50 posted on 01/17/2023 9:29:32 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Kharis13

Exactly. “They” came to the Biden camp and said he needed to gracefully resign, make up some health issue and step aside.

The people handling Biden said, “Hell No.” Then the Hunter stuff started to leak. Then there were some negotiations going on. A bit of calm descended.

“They” and the Biden handlers could not come up with an agreement so now the documents are suddenly found.


51 posted on 01/17/2023 9:30:29 AM PST by GrannyAnn ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We don’t know who ‘leaked it’ because they wanted it to get leaked.

Otherwise the media would be attacking the ‘leaker’


52 posted on 01/17/2023 9:31:54 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The first batch was found back in November by Penn staff at the Chinese Biden Center. Too many people knew about them to cover them up, so they could only keep them quiet until after the election.

After the first batch was publicly announced, one of Biden’s servants probably asked, “What about the box of documents marked ‘Top Secret’ in your garage?” Again, too many people knew about them to cover them up.


53 posted on 01/17/2023 9:39:59 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Won’t be long before Obama is saying “My friend Joe unfortunately got caught up in Hunter’s questionable business dealings. He’s guilty of standing by his son but still the appearance isn’t good”.


54 posted on 01/17/2023 9:42:03 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Somebody leaked it and someone gave the green light to report it.


55 posted on 01/17/2023 10:02:50 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Obvious from the start, IMHO...


56 posted on 01/17/2023 10:04:48 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: al baby

yes, a cesspool.


57 posted on 01/17/2023 10:27:28 AM PST by georgia peach (georgia peach)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LOL!

Joe Biden, or any Democrat, could campaign naked in a “loaded” adult diaper and win an election.

Voting Democrat is a RELIGION to the left. Voting Democrat is like “going to church”. It is why they live. Thought and Reason are not part of the equation.

EXAMPLE? - Look no further than the State Vegetable of Pennsylvania - John Fetterman


58 posted on 01/17/2023 10:32:39 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Note to The Hill...

It's not a "leak" when it exposes a crime.

It's called coming forward, calling a police tip line, seeing something and saying something.

"Leaks" are for pointing the LAAP-dog media to embarrassing facts or activities. Calling the illegal possession of classified top secrets in unsecured locations a "leak" is intended to diminish the perception of what's really going on.

-PJ

59 posted on 01/17/2023 10:37:15 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Darksheare

No. I think it was intentional.

The democrats want to be rid of Biden.

They used him to get everything they wanted that no one else did and now it’s time for him to go because he is still unelectable.


60 posted on 01/17/2023 10:38:09 AM PST by cableguymn
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