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Biden classified memos report re-ignites debates about dual justice, ‘diminished’ president
Just the News ^ | 2/9/24 | By John Solomon

Posted on 02/09/2024 9:16:42 AM PST by CFW

Special Counsel Robert Hur’s final report on Joe Biden’s willful retention and dissemination of highly classified information is rocking Washington, re-igniting concerns of a dual system of justice while putting the full weight of the government behind the notion that America is currently being served by a president with “diminished faculties.”

Hur’s 388-page report released Thursday may have spared Biden the spectacle of a criminal prosecution similar to that his Justice Department imposed on Donald Trump, but it delivered a devastating blow to the 46th president’s re-election hopes by going out of its way to explain criminal charges weren’t levied in part because jurors might see Biden as a dottering, forgetful old man incapable of criminal intent.

“Mr. Biden will likely present himself to the jury, as he did during his interview with our office, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” Hur wrote in explaining his rational for declining prosecution. “…It would be difficult to convince a jury they should convict him – by then a former president who will be at least well into his eighties – of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”

Later, Hur added for good measure he believed Biden suffered from “diminished faculties in advancing age.”

The political fallout was instant and severe.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2standards; biden; dementia; doj
The media continues to circle the wagons around Biden, but the fact that two standards are being applied when it comes to Biden and Trump can't be ignored. I think Hur's report pretty much destroys the documents case in Florida. D.C. judges may ignore the obvious difference, and selective prosecution but I don't think Judge Cannon will do so. Especially given the fact that President Trump was authorized to have documents as President and Biden as Senator/VP was not.
1 posted on 02/09/2024 9:16:42 AM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

IF Biden is “Too old to be prosecuted” then how in the heck is he fit to be president?

Trump needs to make a big deal out of that BUT wait until biden faces off against him in the general. Make a huge deal out of it- and ask why the biased media is propping up someone, protecting someone who is by the left’s own admission “Too old to be prosecuted”


2 posted on 02/09/2024 9:22:24 AM PST by Bob434
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To: CFW

As mush brain tries to seat Americans on the razors edge to slide toward death and destruction, Americans yell NO


3 posted on 02/09/2024 9:23:19 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them. )
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To: CFW

Especially given the fact that President Trump was authorized to have documents as President and Biden as Senator/VP was not...

and biden had been taking them illegally for over 50 years


4 posted on 02/09/2024 9:23:43 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Biden is losing his mind and the media looks the other way.
Few have the guts to report the truth.


5 posted on 02/09/2024 9:25:38 AM PST by FreedBird (B)
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To: Bob434
Trump needs to attack the rabid left-wing 'rat party in general for when they attempt to pull the rug out with

THE GREAT SWITCHEROO


6 posted on 02/09/2024 9:26:23 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: CFW

I still remember the first words in my Communications Security course…..

“Whether it’s intentional or not, if you gave away our nation’s secrets, you will be thrown in prison. “


7 posted on 02/09/2024 9:36:36 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: CFW

He was this way long before he ran in 2020.


8 posted on 02/09/2024 9:46:26 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Bob434

Well, it appears Trump’s attorneys see things the same way as I do (aren’t they smart?). LOL

Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
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2h
DEVELOPING: Trump legal team to file motion to dismiss Mar-a-Lago charges arguing “selective prosecution” based on DOJ declining to prosecute Biden (Trump’s election opponent) over similar allegations of “willful retention and disclosure of classified materials”


9 posted on 02/09/2024 9:47:45 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Seruzawa

“He was this way long before he ran in 2020.”


And the media has been covering up for him way long before the 2020 election as well.


10 posted on 02/09/2024 9:56:16 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: no-to-illegals; struggle
HT struggle


11 posted on 02/09/2024 10:03:07 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: CFW

The age thing is a distraction. Focus on the part of the report that states Biden illegally shared classified information with his biographer who later deliberately destroyed recordings of the interviews in spite of the fact he knew there was an active investigation.

L


12 posted on 02/09/2024 10:27:47 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: FreedBird
Biden is losing his mind and the media looks the other way.

They are NOT looking away, they are committing "OVERT ACTS" In furtherance of a Criminal Conspiracy of Espionage, they are defacto Co-Conspirators by their very own actions and should ALL be Prosecuted for it.
13 posted on 02/09/2024 10:39:33 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: CFW

There was some language in the doc about they are somewhat dissimilar. There was no reason for it to be there. My guess the dept of injustice forced it in. Hur should be called to Congress to explain


14 posted on 02/09/2024 10:43:10 AM PST by Mouton (150MTs in the right location will not solve our problems now.)
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To: CFW

I actually emailed my US Rep Meredith and Senator Mike Lee asking why an Amendment 25 isn’t being pursued. Biden has the nuclear codes for f**ks sake. I don’t expect I can have an effect, but I can’t be silent about it any more. I encourage Americans on here to do the same.


15 posted on 02/09/2024 10:54:13 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: blueunicorn6

“Whether it’s intentional or not, if you gave away our nation’s secrets, you will be thrown in prison. “


They forgot to add the phrase, “unless you are a democrat”.


16 posted on 02/09/2024 11:07:54 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: no-to-illegals

“As mush brain tries to seat Americans on the razors edge to slide toward death and destruction, Americans yell NO”

Lately, Freepers have been ON FIRE with their writing !!


17 posted on 02/09/2024 11:34:37 AM PST by Spaceman49
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