• Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Cool, so if Trump purposefully retained classified data knowing that it was against federal law, then he should be prosecuted too, right?

    And not be the GOP nominee?

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      9 months ago

      As president it’s debatable if he committed a crime.

      Biden as VP did commit a crime.

      So let’s prosecute both and throw in Hillary as well.

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        9 months ago

        It’s only “debatable” if you’re special pleading.

        Trump knowingly retained documents after he was told by law enforcement to return them.

        Biden told the archives that he had the documents and returned them ASAP, letting investigators search his properties.

        Trump gave investigators the runaround and moved stuff to avoid detection; and most notably: he was no longer president when he had those documents.

        Who was Biden’s victim? The archives didn’t even know he had them until he let them know.

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          ASAP isn’t years later.

          Who was the victim? The people of the United States. Good got that an easy answer.

          The fbi even said Joe willfully kept the data knowing it was illegal but he’s too impaired to have committed a crime. lol.

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            More dishonest rhetoric. Big surprise there.

            So it’s your belief that Trump victimized the American people? And you’re still going to vote for him?

            The fbi even said Joe willfully kept the data knowing it was illegal but he’s too impaired to have committed a crime. lol.

            This is a lie, you’re just mad that he was exonerated. They never said he kept them “willfully,” and “knowing it was illegal.”

            And who let the archives know that Biden had those docs as soon as they were discovered? Moreover, how can you inform someone that you have something if you’re ignorant of that fact?

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              Joe was not exonerated. The report clearly said he wasn’t being punished because if mental capacity.

              He knew he had them and most likely showed them to an author. The fbi couldn’t prove it because of joes diminished mental capacity. It’s in the report.

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                9 months ago

                Sure, cowpoke.

                I totally believe you.

                But you’re still voting for Trump, who victimized Americans according to your own logic.

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                  9 months ago

                  You don’t have to believe me. Read the report. Here is an article on it.

                  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/-nightmare-special-counsels-assessment-bidens-mental-fitness-triggers-rcna137975

                  In deciding not to charge Biden with any crimes, the special counsel wrote that in a potential trial, “Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

                  Here is the actual report

                  https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf

                  Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.

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                    9 months ago

                    It says nothing of the sort:

                    There is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Biden intentionally retained the classified documents in the EYES ONLY envelope after his term as vice president or caused his staff to do so. Instead, the evidence supports an innocent explanation for the unauthorized retention of those documents.

                    Are you lying? Or misinformed?

                    Regardless, you’re still planning to vote for Trump even after you acknowledged that he victimized the American people.