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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: ProtectOurFreedom

“..The common denominator is the Deep States protects itself at all costs. ..”

^THIS^
Because the DS/UniParty knows what’s best for everybody.... /s


21 posted on 01/17/2023 8:29:30 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I suppose they could have come across things investigating Hunter and his laptop information? Yeah, wishful thinking on my part.

There’s so much corruption that it’s stomach churning. If the Biden corruption slides by...then it’s proof beyond a shadow of doubt we are a truly done and not worth spit.


22 posted on 01/17/2023 8:29:40 AM PST by Irenic
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

“Did a Democrap leak it? Is the Pope Catholic?”

Is this a trick question?

I would argue Francis is NOT a Catholic.


23 posted on 01/17/2023 8:33:21 AM PST by uranium penguin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Russians don’t take a dump, son, without a plan”


24 posted on 01/17/2023 8:34:44 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“It’s been funny to see Karine Jean-Pierre grappling with a lot of difficult questions “

She’s just a spokesman. Biden’s difficulties aren’t her problem.


25 posted on 01/17/2023 8:34:54 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: ChicagoConservative27

‘Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.’


26 posted on 01/17/2023 8:36:27 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
that a Biden 2024 reelection bid would be disastrous for the Democratic Party

If they could install Biden in 2020 with fraudulent voting processes in WI, MI, PA - they certainly could do it again in 2024. In fact, its a given.

27 posted on 01/17/2023 8:37:26 AM PST by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You have to admire how calculated and deadpan The Hill is, as if they don’t know the answer, and as if all this isn’t playing out to an exact script.


28 posted on 01/17/2023 8:38:54 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m convinced this is all about “convincing” Biden to NOT seek reelection in 2024. One of the reasons they need a stronger candidate is because they no longer have Twitter to run cover for them. Facebook may be the next to be purged. It’s becoming harder for them to cheat.


29 posted on 01/17/2023 8:39:59 AM PST by Kharis13
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To: TakebackGOP

Exactly.

It was the first thing I was thinking about when the story came out.

Its crystal clear. Democrats have decided to get rid of Biden one way or the other. This leak was done by Biden’s lawyers/aids, thats a proof it’s a dem VS dem vendetta.


30 posted on 01/17/2023 8:41:35 AM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: ChicagoConservative27

same probability that a democrat planted the docs there

“Insurance Policy”


31 posted on 01/17/2023 8:43:57 AM PST by bigbob (p)
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To: uranium penguin
Biden has outlived his usefulness. And those running the show are going to use this to oust him.

"Those running the show" are not a unified, monolithic group. There are factions in conflict over goals and methods. And the factions have made serious mistakes in many of their plans. The appointment of Kamala Harris as Vice President is an example.

Joe Biden's visible decline into senility and the prospect of his unpredictable death due stroke or aneurism represent a looming crisis for the oligarchs. They must replace him while they can still maintain control of the succession.

I believe somebody in the cabal has panicked and jumped the starting gun with all these revelations about Biden's illegal possession of classified documents. They don't need to force him out. He will do whatever they tell him to do. He always has.

This looks to me like the people who backed Harris have been losing the internal arguments of the cabal and are trying to prematurely force a situation where they can get their preferred candidates in as the replacement team. I do not see the indicators for how they will get rid of Harris, but I am sure the replacement team does not include her.

32 posted on 01/17/2023 8:46:37 AM PST by flamberge (Caveat Emptor)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
A Democrat's 'Duh' Moment: If We Built Border Fence, Children Would Just Stand Behind It

33 posted on 01/17/2023 8:47:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If a democrat leaked it, then, it’s to help Biden and democrats. It was done so that, democrats could claim that they take national security seriously. It was also done ahead of the beginning of the 2024 cycle of elections, including the presidency. I’s all meant to get the ‘scandals’ out of the way before campaigns get underway.

No doubt that the number of documents found are just the tip of the iceberg. The iceberg is not doubt about hundreds of documents that Biden (and Obama) took, but now that an election cycle is coming, democrats ‘leaked’, in order to pretend that they too care about national security and the documents involved. The number of documents that Biden took are no doubt much greater than Biden and democrats are willing to admit.

Biden used a lot of those documents in order to ‘extract favors’ from foreign officials and governments. It’s the Joe and Hunter Biden scandals, and the documents are the tools used to do the dirty work.


34 posted on 01/17/2023 8:48:09 AM PST by adorno
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes, no doubt someone leaked it, and expect that there is a detailed plan unfolding. At least several high-level Dems are in on it.


35 posted on 01/17/2023 8:49:29 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
Is the Pope Catholic?

Well, in the case of the current one, no. He is a bona fide Communist.

36 posted on 01/17/2023 8:54:56 AM PST by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: uranium penguin

“And those running the show are going to use this to oust him.”

If this isn’t enough, and I don’t think it is, there will be more to come. Joe is so corrupt; it is just a matter of selecting what to use next.


37 posted on 01/17/2023 8:57:44 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: al baby
Is this the same Penn that had that Sandusky and Jopa scandal?

That was Penn State, in the middle of the state. University of Pennsylvania is in Philly, across from 30th St. Station, and that's where Biden got his money-laundering professorship.

38 posted on 01/17/2023 8:57:51 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

She has a presser this afternoon. It ought to be a doozy.


39 posted on 01/17/2023 8:58:25 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: TakebackGOP
Why did Biden’s attorneys report to anyone that he had these documents?

Dan Bongino was speculating the other day that they were working in pairs, or groups, and, being lawyers, one didn't really trust the other one(s).

40 posted on 01/17/2023 9:01:00 AM PST by gloryblaze
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