Posted on 12/14/2020 4:03:17 AM PST by Liz
President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that he intends to “declassify everything,” over his own apparent concern that the Department of Justice and Attorney General William Barr withheld information about an ongoing DOJ investigation into Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son.
Hunter Biden acknowledged that he is under investigation over questions about his tax returns and possible unreported income from Ukrainian oil and gas firm, Burisma.
As The Daily Wire noted late last week, further information seems to have emerged creating questions about Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings, including a possible entanglement in China.
“In addition to Delaware, the securities fraud unit in the Southern District of New York also scrutinized Hunter Biden’s finances, according to the person with direct knowledge of the investigation,” Politico reported. “The person said that, as of early last year, investigators in Delaware and Washington were also probing potential money laundering and Hunter Biden’s foreign ties.”
On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported, tensions bubbled over in the White House, following news that Trump’s AG William Barr knew of the investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings before the presidential election but did not make it public — a decision, the president felt, cost him support and may have cost him the election.
“Mr. Trump, in a meeting Friday, fumed about a Wall Street Journal report that Mr. Barr knew of an existing federal investigation into Hunter Biden before the election but worked to keep it from being publicly disclosed, a person familiar with the conversation said.
In the meeting, Mr. Trump contemplated firing Mr. Barr, people familiar with the conversation said, adding that it is not clear whether Mr. Trump intends to follow through,” WSJ noted.
Saturday night, the president suggested that he may seek retribution against Hunter Biden — and possibly Barr — in a tweet-storm where he pledged to “declassify everything.”
“I have been doing this. I agree!” the president tweeted in response to a post from conservative analyst Todd Starnes, suggesting that, “At this point @realDonaldTrump should declassify everything. Everything.”
“IF Biden gets in, nothing will happen to Hunter or Joe,” Trump fumed. “Barr will do nothing, and the new group of partisan killers coming in will quickly kill it all.”
“Same thing with Durham. We caught them cold, spying, treason & more (the hard part), but ‘Justice’ took too long. Will be DOA!” he said, referring to concerns that U.S. Atty John Durham will not be able to conclude his investigation before Joe Biden moves into the White House with regard to the Obama administration kick-started a probe into connections between the Trump 2016 presidential campaign and Russian officials as a form of political retribution.
Although it’s not clear what Trump is planning to “declassify,” The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that the president is considering several special counsel investigations: one into Hunter Biden’s business dealings and alleged tax issues, one into claims of widespread vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election, and even a probe of Barr, himself, stemming from Barr’s comments last week that the DOJ does not suspect a national effort to upend the November elections.
If Trump appoints a special counsel, it will likely be a heavily limited investigation. The Electoral College is expected to vote to make Joe Biden president on Monday, and Congress is expected to certify that vote the first week of January after it returns from its holiday recess.
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He will be stonewalled by the agencies he wants to expose.
Good post
DC is a major swamp.
But don't expect it to make a difference.
This coup is progressing apace. If something isn't done immediately to stop it, the only option that remains is counter-revolution.
As he has been for four years. It’s not happening now when his power has ebbed pretty close to zero.
If you thought 2020 was bad hold on to your hats for 2021 and beyond.
He should have declassed everything during impeachment - why he did not we will never know.
Do. it. now. Do not wait.
If Trump does this is there a chance that doing so may make it impossible to charge and try Hunter Biden for the crimes he committed?
.........cackle......
Exactly. They didn’t follow his commands while President. Why would they do it now?
DC IS A SEWER.....
So Trump will briefly play the hero in the “Press”, as they switch the storyline to getting rid of Biden.
That is the question, isn’t it? He can yell all that he wants, but the agencies themselves will decide on what to release. Even though he has the ‘right’ to order it, he doesn’t have the ‘might’ to cause them to obey. Of course, if he should win by a miracle from God, then heads will roll and you will see these objectors leaving in droves.
It amazes me that people can’t accept the current state of America. Who will print/air the declassified material? A handful of shadow banned Twitter accounts and Lou Dobbs? We are under a totalitarian censorship and people like Barr/Wray should have been replaced a year ago.
Last night I watched a documentary on Amazon about the coverup by the CIA and FBI in the assassination of President Kennedy. Even 55 years ago the “swamp” was alive and well in Washington and the FBI was as corrupt then as today.
Well, I would send armed soldiers after the file cabinets and laptops.
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