PETER ROFF: Team Biden Is Hoping Nobody Will Notice This Revelation From The Special Counsel Report

Daily Caller ^ | February 11, 2024 | Peter Roff

[Red Badger]

They say success in politics has much to do with timing. Hitting the right issue in the right way at the right moment can make a campaign. Failing to do so can break it.

If that’s true, then the person at the Biden re-elect who hit “send” on a fundraising email Thursday, subject line “Do you remember how you felt?,” while the president was in the middle of an impromptu press conference denying he had problems with mental acuity may want to start looking for another job.

If there was ever an example of bad timing, that’s it. How can one read something like that and not think, “It’s not a question of my remembering. Does Biden?” It stepped totally on the message.

Fortunately for Biden and his hopes for a second term, the late-night comedians who define political humor didn’t catch on to this fast enough to get it into their monologues — even though there’s nothing all that funny about it.

Nonetheless, by focusing on what special counsel Robert Hur wrote about Biden’s failing memory in his report on his mishandling of confidential government files dating from his time as vice president, they missed the more significant nugget in Hur’s explanation of why there would be no indictment.

Remember, the Biden Justice Department indicted former President Donald J. Trump over the same issue. The outcomes were different, Hur explained, not just because Biden couldn’t remember things but because he cooperated with the investigation while Trump didn’t.

That should about blow the case out of the water. It all but confirms Trump was singled out for special treatment, as he claimed. The case against him is political, and it’s okay for America to move on because there’s really nothing to see.

As a former president and as a citizen, Trump has rights. He doesn’t have to turn over every document they ask for to the government. Every departing chief enters into a negotiation regarding what they can take with them when they leave. The rules are not at all clear.

They’re obviously not supposed to take any of the furniture that was there when they moved in with them (one recent first couple apparently missed that memo). As far as any documents go, the president and the National Archives are usually allowed the time necessary to work out who gets to keep what.

The former president was not afforded the same luxury as his predecessors. His suggestion the Biden Justice Department rushed the case into court to damage him politically now looks stronger.

Equal Justice Under Law. That’s what it says on the pediment of the United States Supreme Court building.

It may not be a reality, and that’s being kind, but it’s still something we expect. More importantly, we as a people tend to respond with passion and energy when we see that most essential of American doctrines tossed aside.

If Biden did any of the things with classified materials that Trump is accused of doing — and Hur’s report makes it pretty clear he did — then the DOJ either erred in not moving forward with an indictment or was wrong to have indicted Trump.

Or at least that’s a more substantial argument today than it was when the week began.

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A former UPI senior political writer and U.S. News and World Report columnist, Peter Roff is a senior fellow at several public policy organizations. You can email him at RoffColumns AT gmail.com and follow him on social media AT TheRoffDraft.

[scouter]

EXACTLY! That’s the difference he needs to point out, and that we need to point out when discussing this with others.

Succinct, painfully clear, and obviously true.

[cgbg]

Here is the RNC’s latest five minutes of Biden—it has to be seen to be believed:

https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1756551610308702692

We want the Democrats to die on this hill.

[NetAddicted]

Hur wasn’t aiming for a suicide. He was aiming for DementiaJoe’s removal via 25th amendment or via 2024 election.

[StAnDeliver]

Again, here is where Limbaugh's absence leaves no leverage to humiliate not Biden (who is doing a good job of that on his own) but Jack Smith, by 'trying' the theory of the case side-by-side with Biden's non-case, and thusly shaming Congress and the GOP to support President Trump, including rescinding both Articles of Impeachment which were promised by both Speakers!

[Red Badger]

Smith will have a difficult time explaining why he will charge Trump who was President and could declassify anything he wanted to, versus Biden who was not charged even though he was just VP and had no authority to declassify a damn thing no was legally allowed to take ANY documents at all, all the way back to when he was a senator!........................

[thinden]

To: thinden

Here is the RNC’s latest five minutes of Biden—it has to be seen to be believed:

https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1756551610308702692

We want the Democrats to die on this hill.

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wow

from the “as not seen on tv” department

I can see where that 5 min video could draw a lot of sympathy for this well intentioned elderly gentleman from a jury of his peers.

maybe not so much from a military tribumal?

[cgbg]

The way I would do the October ad is I would have Democratic spokesperson A talk about how sharp Biden is—then show thirty seconds of Biden—then Democratic spokesperson B—another thirty seconds—rinse and repeat.

This also could be used in state races against Democrats who spoke highly of Biden—their quote then thirty seconds of Biden—to discredit the local candidate.

[Red6]

If you forget - you gotta aquit!