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Government Corruption
DOJ boosts Biden — but tarnishes itself — by letting his own lawyers search for classified docs
2023-01-19
[NYPOST] Given the opportunity to search President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences. So does Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...
’s office and residences, the Department of Justice declined to do so, The Wall Street Journal reports. Instead, it allowed potentially uncleared and unnamed private counsel to search for classified material after the discovery of the highly classified documents in the Penn Biden Center office. It was a decision that could benefit Biden greatly, but at a considerable cost to the department itself.

If true, the decision raises additional questions over the independence of top law enforcement personnel. This follows a litany of controversies involving both Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
and Biden where the FBI
...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...
and DOJ have been accused of political bias and unequal treatment. While the FBI recently denounced critics as "conspiracy theorists," the record of inexplicable decisions continues to grow by the day.

There is no plausible reason why, given the chance, the Justice Department would not want to conduct a national security search itself. After Nov. 2, the Justice Department was aware that material at the top secret or higher levels was discovered in a closet in the Penn Biden Center. It was also aware that the material may have been moved over the course of six years and that other material could be in other unsecured locations. Nevertheless, it reportedly opted to allow uncleared attorneys to search for additional classified material under a type of "look but please don’t read" edict.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Since the commentary so far implies that the strategy for Jojo is going to be these classified docs were all packed up in error after the 2016 election, and just sat unnoticed for six years in dusty boxes, it is essential that the precise in situ description of where they were discovered and possible associated non-classified personal papers proximate to them be left unknown. Since I am relatively certain that the classified docs are in fact illegal copies or printed JPEG files, thus making records of who had last access unreliable as proof of responsibility and access, the details of their discovery become essential to the matter of responsibilty for handling. Indeed, the actual classified materials in question may well have been physically sanitized before being turned over to DOJ. As a consequence, the context of their discovery is an essential component of the investigation to determine if they were in use after the initial removal from a secure facility. And now comes the explanation for why Biden's lawyers, even without proper clearances, were permitted solo searching by DOJ. Attorney Client privilege associated with their behavior on behalf of their client at his residences may well protect the incrimination facts of their initial discovery details from being disclosed to investigators! Absent certainty, the farce of denial and clumsy handling by unknowns makes it fr mroe difficult to pin gross negligence on a sitting President, a classic Clintonian cleanup.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-01-19 13:49  

#5  "Sounds legit."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-01-19 11:51  

#4  Former Obama ethics chief excoriates Biden over classified document storage
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-01-19 08:33  

#3  Joe Biden Justice Department Fighting to Bring Back Mask Mandates
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-01-19 08:18  

#2  The DOJ refused to do its job for the entirety of Trump’s presidency. Why should things change now?
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-01-19 05:34  

#1  So...only exposing what they can defend?

USB/ Battery Operated Portable Mini Paper Shredder



Prob using a cross cut version.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-01-19 05:11  

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