{"id":596079,"date":"2023-01-10T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/10\/the-talking-points-go-out-on-bidens-classified-documents-but-an-old-clip-proves-inconvenient\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:45:00","slug":"the-talking-points-go-out-on-bidens-classified-documents-but-an-old-clip-proves-inconvenient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/10\/the-talking-points-go-out-on-bidens-classified-documents-but-an-old-clip-proves-inconvenient\/","title":{"rendered":"The Talking Points Go out on Biden’s Classified Documents, but an Old Clip Proves Inconvenient"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Monday evening, news dropped that Joe Biden had illegally possessed classified documents he took following his vice presidency. They were stored in a closet at the Penn Biden Center (which opened in 2018) and were supposedly discovered by lawyers prior to the 2022 election. They were then reported after all the votes were cast. I\u2019m sure that timing was purely coincidental, though.<\/p>\n

The comparisons to Donald Trump having allegedly classified documents at Mar-a-Lago began immediately, and rightfully so. It seemed to be another case of our two-tiered justice system rearing its head, where Democrats can hold onto classified information without consequence while Republicans face the full force of the law.<\/p>\n

Still, I conceded in my initial write-up<\/a> that there are some differences here. Namely, that these documents weren\u2019t being sought by the National Archives (as far as we know). That would likely absolve Biden of any type of charge involving obstruction.<\/p>\n

So is that enough to say Biden did nothing wrong? That\u2019s certainly the line Democrats are rolling with, and the talking points went out immediately.<\/p>\n

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I noticed this as well. The differences between the Trump and Biden document stories are pretty obvious right up front \u2013 an accident, as opposed to a willful f*** you to the DOJ \u2013 but CNN has been hammering on it anyway. https:\/\/t.co\/kLEXkGxYPh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Let\u2019s check in on the legal takes from the guy who\u2019s in like his 7th year as an undergrad. pic.twitter.com\/aK35gU2sVw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Damin Toell (@damintoell) January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You have to love the logic being applied there. None of these leftwingers (and yeah, Tom Nichols is one at this point) are actually arguing affirmatively that it was legal for Biden to possess the classified documents.\u00a0 Instead, they just go right to drawing arbitrary lines, asserting that it\u2019s fine when a Democrat does it but criminal when Trump does it.<\/p>\n

As I said, there are multiple parts to this. It is not otherwise legal to hold onto classified documents for six years, moving them at least once (because again, the Penn Biden Center didn\u2019t open until 2018), as long as you turn them in without a fight, conveniently waiting until after a major election to do so. The question is simple. Was it lawful for Biden to have those documents or not? By the plain letter of the law, it sure seems like it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

So for Democrats to now argue it\u2019s \u201cdifferent\u201d because one aspect of the story differs from the Trump saga is disingenuous partisan hackery. Yeah, it\u2019s slightly different, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily make it legal, and that\u2019s the point not being made by those rushing to defend Biden.<\/p>\n

And you know who else indicated it was illegal and \u201cirresponsible\u201d to possess classified documents without the proper authority? That would be Joseph R. Biden himself.<\/p>\n

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Biden on classified material at Mar-a-Lago: “How [could] anyone \u2026 be that irresponsible?” pic.twitter.com\/IcEePiXJ2y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, President Biden, how could <\/em>anyone be so irresponsible as to take home classified documents and not turn them in for six years? It\u2019s a real mystery.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s mention of being \u201cirresponsible\u201d seems to indicate that he wasn\u2019t thinking about intent while talking to 60 Minutes. Rather, he was just ranting about how wrong it was for Trump to have classified documents in the first place, regardless of the reason. Yet, here we are, with Biden having been caught with unsecured classified documents. The irony is so thick you can cut it with a knife, and the goalposts are now being tossed into the sea to excuse what the president did.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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