Joe Biden’s DOJ has been covering for him long enough. But now, they have nowhere to hide.
Because new court filings have uncovered the truth about Joe Biden’s health.
A recent court filing from the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that special counsel Robert Hur’s office possesses transcripts of President Joe Biden’s interviews with his biographer. This revelation starkly contradicts previous assertions from the DOJ, which claimed last month that no such transcripts existed that “we can attest to its accuracy.”
The controversy began when DOJ lawyers, involved in a Freedom of Information case following Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents, informed US District Judge Dabney Friedrich that it would be a time-consuming process to review the 70 hours of audio recordings of Biden’s interviews with biographer Mark Zwonitzer.
They emphasized the difficulty in reviewing audio for classified materials compared to written documents. “We don’t have some transcript that’s been created by the special counsel that we can attest to its accuracy,” stated Justice Department lawyer Cameron Silverberg during the hearing.
However, in a subsequent court filing on Monday, Silverberg revealed that the department had recently discovered transcripts of some of the discussions with Zwonitzer.
“In the past few days…the Department located six electronic files, consisting of a total of 117 pages, that appeared to be verbatim transcripts of a small subset of the Biden-Zwonitzer audio recordings created for the SCO by a court-reporting service,” Silverberg wrote.
The DOJ’s sudden about-face raises critical questions about transparency and the integrity of the ongoing investigation into Biden’s retention of classified materials. The transcripts, containing some classified information, underscore the sensitive nature of the discussions between Biden and his biographer.
Special counsel Hur’s report, released in February, did not recommend criminal charges against Biden for possessing classified documents from his tenure as vice president, found in both his Delaware home and a DC office.
In his report, Hur described Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” suggesting that it would be challenging to secure a conviction.
“Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone from whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him – by then a former president well into his eighties – of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness,” Hur noted.
Adding another layer of complexity, the White House asserted executive privilege over the audio and video recordings from Hur’s investigation in May, resisting efforts by Congress to obtain these materials.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has faced pressure from Congress to release the recordings, but the assertion of executive privilege has so far stymied these efforts.
The timing of these revelations is particularly noteworthy, coming just a day after Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential race.
This move, amid mounting pressure and controversy, raises further questions about the internal dynamics and decision-making processes within the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.
The discovery of these transcripts has sparked a flurry of reactions from across the political spectrum. Republicans have seized on the DOJ’s contradictions as evidence of broader issues within the Biden administration and the Democratic establishment.
“This is yet another example of the lack of transparency and accountability from the Biden administration,” remarked House Majority Leader Mike Johnson. “The American people deserve the truth about what happened with these classified documents.”
Conservative commentators have also been critical, arguing that the initial denials were part of a deliberate attempt to obscure the truth. “The DOJ’s flip-flop on these transcripts is deeply troubling,” said political analyst Tucker Carlson. “It’s clear there was an effort to protect Biden from the repercussions of his actions.”
The DOJ’s revelation of transcripts from Biden’s interviews with his biographer, after previously denying their existence, marks a significant development in the ongoing scrutiny of Biden’s handling of classified materials.
This episode not only raises questions about transparency and accountability but also highlights the complex interplay between legal proceedings, executive privilege, and political maneuvering.
As the investigation continues, it remains to be seen how these transcripts will impact the broader narrative surrounding Biden’s tenure and the upcoming elections.
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