On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:08:02 -0000 (UTC), pothead <
pot...@snakebite.com> wrote:
>On 2024-02-13, Ubiquitous <
web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> Just over half of voters surveyed in a new poll say that President Joe
>> Biden received special treatment during special counsel Robert Hur?s
>> investigation into his handling of classified documents.
>>
>> A survey conducted by Reuters/Ipsos found that 53% of the Americans
>> polled agree that ?Biden received special treatment because he is the
>> U.S. president.? That majority included 29% of Democrats who agreed
>> with the statement. The four-day-long poll closed on Monday and was
>> released on Tuesday morning.
>>
>> Last Thursday, Hur released his report on Biden?s handling of
>> classified documents, concluding that there is ?evidence that President
>> Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his
>> vice presidency when he was a private citizen,? but said ?no criminal
>> charges are warranted in this matter.? The special counsel also argued
>> that it would be unlikely a jury would convict the 81-year-old Biden of
>> a ?serious felony? because of his ?mental state,? describing the
>> president ?as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor
>> memory.?
>>
>> Of those polled by Reuters/Ipsos, nearly half ? 46% ? said they were at
>> least somewhat familiar with Hur?s less-than-flattering description of
>> Biden. The poll also revealed troubling findings for Biden?s re-
>> election campaign as Reuters reported that 78% of those surveyed,
>> including 71% of Democrats, believe the president is too old to remain
>> in government. Only 53% of respondents said that 77-year-old Donald
>> Trump is too old to be elected to office.
>>
>> Trump, who is in the midst of his own classified documents case, said
>> last week that the special counsel?s decision to clear Biden shows
>> ?selective persecution.?
>>
>> ?If Biden is not going to be charged ? that?s up to them, but then I
>> should not be charged,? the former president said. ?This is nothing
>> more than selective persecution of Biden?s political opponent, me.?
>>
>> Trump was hit with 40 charges over his handling of classified documents
>> after he left office, which include charges of obstructing government
>> officials from retrieving the documents. The FBI raided Trump?s Mar-a-
>> Lago estate in August 2022 to confiscate the classified documents, but
>> Trump has maintained his innocence, saying that he is protected by the
>> Presidential Records Act.
>>
>> Biden addressed the special counsel?s report in a press conference on
>> Thursday evening when he said that the investigation?s conclusion means
>> the classified documents scandal is behind him. During the press
>> conference, the president also snapped at reporters who asked him to
>> address the report?s revelations about his memory. Biden responded,
>> saying he is ?the most qualified person in the United States to be
>> president.?
>>
>> --
>> Let's go Brandon!
>>
>
>Same basic conclusion that was reached with Hillary Clinton.
>Essentially, yea he/she did some bad things but they don't warrant prosecution.
Exactly. There was no intent to commit any crime. That is, ignorance of the law *can* be
an excuse.
>The government is completely corrupt
No it's not and if a Republican was President you wouldn't be saying that.
>and there is without a doubt a two tier justice system.
Rich people get off, poor people don't. Iow, in any court case, it's the lawyers that
win.
>If people don't wake up, and quickly, we will soon become a banana republic.
I've been hearing that line since Nixon was in office.
Swill
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