There’s a reason the U.S. Attorney General won’t release 5 hours of audio tapes of Joe Biden. Presumably, the audio would reveal once and for all that our emperor has no clothes (brain).
When President Biden was "elected," he and his spokespeople pledged that his administration would be the “most transparent” in U.S. history.
It has, of course, been the least transparent in U.S. history (as a mountain of ignored requests for important Covid documents amply confirm).
By now, members of Congress must be completely use to government agencies they fund and supervise blowing off requests for documents or information.
Sen. Ron Johnson has repeatedly said he can’t get any answers on his Covid questions or, if he does belatedly receive some requested document, the document has hundreds of pages of redacted pages.
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In watching Tucker Carlson’s two-hour plus interview with Vladimir Putin, I was not the only person who wondered why President Biden hasn’t done a two-hour sit-down interview with any journalist.
Bobby Kennedy is eager to accept any interview request he gets. (Most are from alternative media podcasters) and, with no notes, Kennedy talks cogently for hours at a time on 20 different complex subjects.
Most Americans are probably like me and think President Biden would humiliate himself within 15 minutes of any similar interview.
I agree. He couldn't go 5 minutes without saying something that gave away his dementia.
I should say I normally have great sympathy for any person with this terrible disease ... but not for him or his family ... or the THOUSANDS of people who are covering this up.
If Biden had to give all taxpayers back $100 of taxpayers $$ for every gaffe he made within the first 5 minutes of an unscripted interview, we likely could solve the national debt.
I betcha - all the "betting places" to steal folks hard-earned currency - just like the lottery does - I betcha - there are bets on the number of minutes before he makes his first delaware dementia mistake - not sure who the judge on that would be - be hell yeah - if there is betting on everything from college hockey games to horse races (by the way - Preakness happens later today), I betcha there is a bet on how long it takes dementia delaware dimwit to make his first debate mistake - what you want to bet on that - and seriously - is it worth it - betting ones life away?
Odds now seem to be about 50-50 on that.....but I'd just assume do something worthwhile with my time.....
This is the sort of smack the kids from Buffalo know how to talk at the line of scrimmage - this is why the Bills Bombers prevailed in this game I share a story about:
Yo Bill - I'm a founding member of your place - so I hope you don't mind the advertisement I just linked - to a story about pee-wees learning how to be men.
The reason I keep writing stories on "Biden has dementia" is I'm hopeful that more people will make the connection that if our "trusted" officials lie about A, B and C, they are almost certainly also lying about D, E and F.
Also, the "watchdog press" knows which scandalous stories they should not investigate or expose. Every journalist with a brain must have known for years that Biden suffers from dementia ... that gets worse every day and week.
This story - if fully revealed - would provide more undeniable evidence that all the important organizations are completely captured ... and should thus not be trusted. But my efforts to make this point aren't taking or resonating with enough people.
FWIW, there are countless stories that could also be the "truth bombs" that caused people to reach this conclusion. For example, the Epstein sex-trafficking and blackmail story - if fully reported - had the potential to produce the same effect and, maybe, drain a large portion of the swamp.
There are scores of stories that cannot be reported - not just because of details of the specific scandal - but because of the more sinister conclusion that would flow from these bombshell scoops - again, every important organization is completely captured.
When Biden said cannibals ate his late uncle in World War II, I thought he couldn't make a gaffe more "out there" than that ... and then Sunday he talks about how President Obama sent him to Detroit to fix Covid problems when he was vice president.
FWIW, Biden left office as vice president in 2016. Covid happened in 2020.
Here's a great piece I just found written by Thomas Buckley, one of my Brownstone Institute colleagues, in 2022. It shows key videos supporting this diagnosis, which even a layman could see.
This shows the progression of Biden's dementia. I love Thomas's term "collaborationists." What really disturbs me with this story is my understanding of how many people must have collaborated to cover-up this obvious mental decline.
Exactly!! The more measures taken to block it, clearly the worse it is! Either they are attempting to hide that the transcript was edited so wouldn’t match the audio…. Or the audio is such a disaster for President Magoo…… if Biden is sharp as a tack as many keep insisting, why not release it? Someone said the other day “ Americans are really tired of being driven over like ignored speed bumps. It’s all so insulting….. we need a whistleblower.
Did I ever tell you about the time I met a wolf up close and personal?
If not - then click the link above Mrs. McFarland - and the story is told there.
But tis proven the occupant of the not-so-white-house in dc is out of delaware and is a dimwit and he and his cohort are traitors to the founding principles - tis proven.
Remember after the prosecution found biden too old and stupid to prosecute, biden went on the air complaining about how his dead son was brought up in the questioning by the prosecution ("none of their damm business"). Then the transcripts came out showing biden was the one who brought up his dead son.
Can they get away with “executive privilege” in this case?? It officially crossed the border into ridiculous….. it’s like Hillary saying recently that Trump will do nothing but seek revenge……hmmmm… begs the question if she did nothing wrong, why would he be seeking revenge? They may be smart, but not always….
That is a cool substack post, thank you for sharing. I never completely understood Anzac, it seemed more of a tragedy to me, but definately honor those brave soldiers. Getting away from the commonwealth would be the best thing now, but understand that times were different 100+ yrs ago.
The US under the Five Eyes intelligence structure is a much, much bigger problem for Australia than the commonwealth. We house the US' largest NSA drone strike facility at Pine Gap. I could not even begin to list the military hardware we have here which includes HAARP facilities. Basically, every comm. that goes to the ME is relayed through Pine Gap. Every person the US kills in the ME via remote drone strike is killed by an Australian or an American sitting in Australia.
I suspect (but cannot prove) that some of the gear was used on protestors in Melbourne, and that some of the troops were either US Marines (already here on permanent rotation) or Serco. The troops that fired on civilians were patchless and used body armour that people did not recognise and they had their faces covered. They did not speak but did not look like 'us.'
Theatre of war: Australia’s covid response was a joint US military domestic terrorism operation.
One of the most startling things I found is that an Australian Commando was in charge of your US domestic clandestine operations in Tampa as well as US NATO. He then came back and ran the Australian covid response.
Couldn't Robert Hur sue for slander as Biden and members of Congress accused him of partisanship and unethical portrayal of FJB's interview? Wouldn't this force the release of the recordings as Robert Hur has already resigned and has no fear of retaliation concerning his employment.
We think along the same lines, Jerry. I also thought, "Didn't the president just accuse Robert Hur of being unethical and falsely smearing him?" Couldn't Hur just demand the tapes be played to rebut this charge? I think he probably COULD have a legal case for libel or defamation.
Yeah, your final sentence captures the entire essence of the situation.
Long post below.
TL:DR
The privilege claim is completely bogus.
The House should hold Garland in contempt, have him arrested and put him in jail until he complies.
They should also use the Holman Rule to systematically and expansively defund the DOJ.
Politico deserves some credit here and no doubt filed the FOIA because they have excellent lawyers who know the privilege claim cannot withstand legal scrutiny.
In the end, the gutless House and compromised Speaker may succeed with a contempt finding. But they won’t do anything about it. .
In my view, the privilege claim is not supported by the law or the facts. As a general rule, the privilege right comes into effect when revealing the information would impair governmental functions. There is no impairment.
Well there is, but the impairment is Bidan’s brain. And that doesn’t pass the test, cognitively or as it relates privilege.
Amphetamine half life is 9-10 hours. So when they pump him full he can (barely) muddle through a 60 minute speech. But by the time hour 3-4 of the interview came along I’m betting the deterioration was massive. And that is likely what they can’t allow the public to see…the extent to which is energy, cognition, speech, memory, and overall mental acuity deteriorated as the hours wore on.
Good for Politico. They are obviously biased beyond belief. For them to even recognize what a scandal this is provides some measure of amusement.
If the GOP had any guts (which of course they don’t) they would hold Garland in contempt for defying the subpoena, give him 48 hours to release the material. If he refuses the House can then call upon the Seargant-at-Arms to arrest Garland, bring him to the floor of the House where he is made to answer for defying the subpoena by the Speaker. If he still refuses to provide the material he then can be subjected to whatever punishment the House determines is appropriate. Including imprisonment.
And that is what they should do. Hold him in contempt. Give him 48 hours or face the consequences, and let him know that he is more than likely to end up in jail. There’s a jail in the Capitol basement for a reason. If it was used more often, as it should be, Congress would find the executive branch much more cooperative.
Alternatively, they could hold him in contempt. Have him arrested and brought before the House. Give him 48 hours under threat of an expansive use of the Holman Rule. The expansive use would be defunding him, members of his staff, Jack Smith, basically they could, if they had any guts, literally shut down 75% of the DOJ operation.
Or, they could do both. Which is what they should do. But of course they won’t.
Lastly, I’m not convinced Bidan has the actual authority to assert privilege over these recordings. None of this is a secret, there is a transcript, there was public testimony, there are no national security interests at stake and no criminal charges will be filed, and it is clearly in Congress interest (as they consider a Bidan impeachment) and the public’s interest (as they consider the upcoming election) to have the material.
The House lawyers need to carefully read the language in Trump v Thompson. There are some nuggets in that decision that could potentially be bent back against Bidan’s privilege claim.
In the end, the privilege claim stands on extremely shaky ground. Politico has great lawyers and I’m betting they had this discussion prior to filing the FOIA. They know, and the House should know, the requested material is not likely to survive a legal challenge on privilege. Of course, with a gutless House and a clearly compromised Speaker, Garland knows he can just run out the clock.
Wow, thanks, learned a lot there. Frightening scenario….Modern Day “The Emporer’ New Clothes”….. except our Emperor has no brain and we have no control over the constitutional violations…. Merrick Garland, who knew? Whoever thought I’d thank McConnell for anything? Whenever he is on camera I only see a thinner Mrs. Doubtfire……
Thanks. Attached link is a short read re: Executive Privilege.
The 2nd link is a long read, but for those interested in the legal history of Executive Privilege, it’s a decent read. It’s from the Cornell Law Review so you need to keep that in mind in regards to their conclusions on the use of privilege. But even they admit that the litigated history of privilege claims is very thin and the determination of when privilege can be claimed is not clear.
Which essentially means POTUS always has the upper hand because once privilege is claimed, Congress has 100% of the burden of trying to undo the claim…and that means a long protracted court battle.
There is no definition or mention of Executive Privilege in the Constitution. Article 2.S2.C3.2.3. contains the specific language that courts have used to find and define the scope of Executive Privilege. But the language has as much to do with privilege as the ‘right to privacy’ has to do with abortion.
There are also a very limited number of court cases that deal with EP in relation to disputes between Congress and the Executive Branch. Privilege assertions have been around since the early days of the Republic. But for the most part they were limited in use, and generally utilized to protect members of the Executive Branch…in other words used by the President to protect subordinates from revealing communications between themselves or with the President. But, beginning with the Eisenhower administration the claim of privilege expanded and shifted from protecting presidential or executive branch interests to protection of the President himself. And with every POTUS since Eisenhower claims of privilege have increased.
And that is exactly what we have in the current situation. Bidan’s assertion of privilege has nothing to do with Garland directly, he is just the tool being used. Bidan is asserting privilege to protect himself.
Here's a great piece I just found written by Thomas Buckley, one of my Brownstone Institute colleagues, in 2022. It shows key videos supporting this diagnosis, which even a layman could see.
This shows the progression of Biden's dementia. I love Thomas's term "collaborationists." What really disturbs me with this story is my understanding of how many people must have collaborated to cover-up this obvious mental decline.
He does have dementia and has for some years. That is not the reason that he is unfit to be president. Anyone with an objective, honest, independent thinking mind sees the destruction he has unleashed on America and the free world over the past 3.5 years.
Well, considering the mental state of him, someone has certainly been busy destroying us. They just stick a pen in his hand and whisper what to write into his hearing aid. “Your name, sir”? This is all horrifying.
AIPAC and ADL just show the US populace that they can lift ANYBODY into the oval-office without any backlash. The US-electorate was treated kindly up to this day; maybe very soon, they'll have Super Mario or SpongeBob SquarePants sitting there.
Don't you worry, it won't change ANYTHING because the area inside the Beltway in DC is just an extension of Hollywood's most important film backdrop ...
as the real decision-makers reside elsewhere, some even outside of the US ...
You know that is a very very real possibility. I knew an elderly lady, so very lovely in her younger years taught children at a local public school for eons but developed dementia and I personally heard her screaming the N word (among many other foul things) up and down the nursing home halls. She would be so horrified at what was coming out of her mouth if she had any control of the "reins". Point being it is actually a very common occurrence for the dementia patient to say obscenities that they normally would never say. I can't imagine how bad it would be for someone who probably said that word in hate a LOT in his younger days. Since he was such good friends with the KKK and all.
good Lord, didn't think of this. 3 hours is a long time for clenched fist angry dementia man to not let loose with expletives. I think you're correct. They don't dare release this, so executive privilege will work until they can destroy/delete all of the interview
I'm not sure about the strategy of, "look, Biden is old and unaware of what is going on." Isn't it obvious already to any objective viewer? This strategy has the result of taking the focus off of his disastrous policies, IMHO.
It is obvious to everyone with a brain. I think the country's real rulers know this is obvious to everyone ... but they don't care.
I think you can highlight issues and the fact our emperor has no brain. The biggest story is te fact every organization is captured - a president with obvious dementia proves this maxim ... or should. I think half the population simply doesn't care, which is kind of troubling.
Thank you Bill. Well written & well stated. It’s never mentioned, but where the hell is Dr. Jill ? For a woman who should be revered, she sure is never seen, never heard or never spoken of.
If people haven't figured it out yet, you are seeing the Kabuki manage the senile man out and are turning towards Trump. I have contended for years that the MAGA crowd will be bolstered by this fake media manipulative maneuver and champion in Trump (the obvious lesser of two evils), but also the man who will implement the Noahide Laws (which include chopping off heads of Christians who don't toe the line).
The Maga crowd will cheer on their own demise.
It is because they have no discernment and Satan is leading them astray. And yes, it IS the Synagogue of Satan that is doing this.
We've reached ("sank to" would be more apropos) a point, where the deep state is the governing body. biden might as well be an automaton or AI generated order taker at McDonalds. He is a hologram, to put it generously.
That's not just my loathing of an empty shirt showing through, but what we've seen over the past 4 years. You correctly point to the scripted nature of his governing existence. Contrary to what the masses have been mentally bribed to believe, biden has little to do with what is actually happening. He is the guy in Walmart posting the "Rollback" signs on shelves, after the real managers decide on the sales for the week.
The stonewalling we're seeing is the apparatus and it's apparatchiks protecting themselves. Again, as you well point out, if the curtain is ever pulled back fully (and this tape would be a big step in that direction) their reign would end. Trump would be swept in and the public would support the dismantling of ANY 3-letter agency he suggested. They would also support holding the second tier lapdogs accountable - looking at the member of the DOJ, house and senate.
While it's hard to herd cats, I keep thinking of the impact the following would have: All citizens who want this tape released should actively seek out and approach media figures, who're broadcasting and demand it. Especially minorities, since they're much harder to deride as racist white supremacists. If that started happening around the country, by the thousands, it would change the tone and narrative, not just in the media, but in the homes and offices of the everyday citizen.
Last thought.
This issue - while important - is just another shiny toy of the regime, being waved in front of the masses. It easily pales in comparison to the numerous other issues, that show both biden's ineptitude, incompetence and negligence and that the deep state truly administrates the actions, business and policies of this country.
Borders, economy, energy, foreign policy, strategic alliances, lawfare (which should truly scare the hell out of people), globalism pacts with international bureaucracies, transportation policy and it's subversion/terrorization, unaddressed criminal activity of all things intelligence related and surveillance state - any one of these issues, much less all of them, far surpass a 5 hour tape of a dementia riddle old man in showing the supremacy and installed authority of the deep state.
That being said, I do think it should be released, solely on the principle that we (the American people) own that tape. biden is our employee and as such, we are entitled to see the proof of his negligence, malfeasance and deception, where his mental state and health is concerned.
Cutting-room floor text ...
When President Biden was "elected," he and his spokespeople pledged that his administration would be the “most transparent” in U.S. history.
It has, of course, been the least transparent in U.S. history (as a mountain of ignored requests for important Covid documents amply confirm).
By now, members of Congress must be completely use to government agencies they fund and supervise blowing off requests for documents or information.
Sen. Ron Johnson has repeatedly said he can’t get any answers on his Covid questions or, if he does belatedly receive some requested document, the document has hundreds of pages of redacted pages.
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In watching Tucker Carlson’s two-hour plus interview with Vladimir Putin, I was not the only person who wondered why President Biden hasn’t done a two-hour sit-down interview with any journalist.
Bobby Kennedy is eager to accept any interview request he gets. (Most are from alternative media podcasters) and, with no notes, Kennedy talks cogently for hours at a time on 20 different complex subjects.
Most Americans are probably like me and think President Biden would humiliate himself within 15 minutes of any similar interview.
I got a new $100 bill, I will wager that he can't make 5 minutes. EASY MONEY.just Like Shooting fish in a barrel.
I agree. He couldn't go 5 minutes without saying something that gave away his dementia.
I should say I normally have great sympathy for any person with this terrible disease ... but not for him or his family ... or the THOUSANDS of people who are covering this up.
If Biden had to give all taxpayers back $100 of taxpayers $$ for every gaffe he made within the first 5 minutes of an unscripted interview, we likely could solve the national debt.
I betcha - all the "betting places" to steal folks hard-earned currency - just like the lottery does - I betcha - there are bets on the number of minutes before he makes his first delaware dementia mistake - not sure who the judge on that would be - be hell yeah - if there is betting on everything from college hockey games to horse races (by the way - Preakness happens later today), I betcha there is a bet on how long it takes dementia delaware dimwit to make his first debate mistake - what you want to bet on that - and seriously - is it worth it - betting ones life away?
Odds now seem to be about 50-50 on that.....but I'd just assume do something worthwhile with my time.....
This is the sort of smack the kids from Buffalo know how to talk at the line of scrimmage - this is why the Bills Bombers prevailed in this game I share a story about:
https://buffaloken.substack.com/p/whisper-of-the-wolf
Yo Bill - I'm a founding member of your place - so I hope you don't mind the advertisement I just linked - to a story about pee-wees learning how to be men.
Ken
The reason I keep writing stories on "Biden has dementia" is I'm hopeful that more people will make the connection that if our "trusted" officials lie about A, B and C, they are almost certainly also lying about D, E and F.
Also, the "watchdog press" knows which scandalous stories they should not investigate or expose. Every journalist with a brain must have known for years that Biden suffers from dementia ... that gets worse every day and week.
This story - if fully revealed - would provide more undeniable evidence that all the important organizations are completely captured ... and should thus not be trusted. But my efforts to make this point aren't taking or resonating with enough people.
FWIW, there are countless stories that could also be the "truth bombs" that caused people to reach this conclusion. For example, the Epstein sex-trafficking and blackmail story - if fully reported - had the potential to produce the same effect and, maybe, drain a large portion of the swamp.
There are scores of stories that cannot be reported - not just because of details of the specific scandal - but because of the more sinister conclusion that would flow from these bombshell scoops - again, every important organization is completely captured.
“ that if our "trusted" officials lie about A, B and C, they are almost certainly also lying about D, E and F.”
The next question is for how long have they been lying to us?
And the follow up question is have ‘handlers’ always run the executive branch as well as the rest of our democracy?
Biden also declared during his time running for office that “If elected, the buck stops here. There will be no excuses and no blaming”.
If course the exact opposite has been the outcome of almost everything that has crossed his desk.
When Biden said cannibals ate his late uncle in World War II, I thought he couldn't make a gaffe more "out there" than that ... and then Sunday he talks about how President Obama sent him to Detroit to fix Covid problems when he was vice president.
FWIW, Biden left office as vice president in 2016. Covid happened in 2020.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-biden-thinks-he-was-vp-during-pandemic
Biden might be right that cannibals ate something close to him…………..likely that thing that goes “huh” between his ears.
Here's a great piece I just found written by Thomas Buckley, one of my Brownstone Institute colleagues, in 2022. It shows key videos supporting this diagnosis, which even a layman could see.
This shows the progression of Biden's dementia. I love Thomas's term "collaborationists." What really disturbs me with this story is my understanding of how many people must have collaborated to cover-up this obvious mental decline.
https://thomas699.substack.com/p/theyre-not-just-gaffes
Exactly!! The more measures taken to block it, clearly the worse it is! Either they are attempting to hide that the transcript was edited so wouldn’t match the audio…. Or the audio is such a disaster for President Magoo…… if Biden is sharp as a tack as many keep insisting, why not release it? Someone said the other day “ Americans are really tired of being driven over like ignored speed bumps. It’s all so insulting….. we need a whistleblower.
I guess that’s the only way this government is going to remedy all the ‘potholes’. LOL
‘Magoo’. Love it.
Couldn't agree more - Mr. Magoo at least knew his place - biden is just a dimwit from delaware.
https://buffaloken.substack.com/p/pee-wees-and-a-wolf
Did I ever tell you about the time I met a wolf up close and personal?
If not - then click the link above Mrs. McFarland - and the story is told there.
But tis proven the occupant of the not-so-white-house in dc is out of delaware and is a dimwit and he and his cohort are traitors to the founding principles - tis proven.
Remember after the prosecution found biden too old and stupid to prosecute, biden went on the air complaining about how his dead son was brought up in the questioning by the prosecution ("none of their damm business"). Then the transcripts came out showing biden was the one who brought up his dead son.
Can they get away with “executive privilege” in this case?? It officially crossed the border into ridiculous….. it’s like Hillary saying recently that Trump will do nothing but seek revenge……hmmmm… begs the question if she did nothing wrong, why would he be seeking revenge? They may be smart, but not always….
I would be interested in an article from Mr Rice on how many different ways "Joe Biden's" son has died.
I think I heard him say he got lung cancer from industrial poisoning in Delaware lmao
And also that Beau Bozo Biden died fighting to free the slaves at the battle of Gettysburg!
Why did I genuinely laugh at this
Perhaps he was also riding with the Anzacs in Ottoman Palestine, too and got shot by an A-rab: https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/through-the-lens-of-history-australian
True story, Jack!
That is a cool substack post, thank you for sharing. I never completely understood Anzac, it seemed more of a tragedy to me, but definately honor those brave soldiers. Getting away from the commonwealth would be the best thing now, but understand that times were different 100+ yrs ago.
Glad you enjoyed the article.
The US under the Five Eyes intelligence structure is a much, much bigger problem for Australia than the commonwealth. We house the US' largest NSA drone strike facility at Pine Gap. I could not even begin to list the military hardware we have here which includes HAARP facilities. Basically, every comm. that goes to the ME is relayed through Pine Gap. Every person the US kills in the ME via remote drone strike is killed by an Australian or an American sitting in Australia.
The US DOD even armed individual states during covid (see article - 1. News: US DOD stockpiling weapons in Victoria). https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/february-2024-substack-muster-and
I suspect (but cannot prove) that some of the gear was used on protestors in Melbourne, and that some of the troops were either US Marines (already here on permanent rotation) or Serco. The troops that fired on civilians were patchless and used body armour that people did not recognise and they had their faces covered. They did not speak but did not look like 'us.'
Anyway if you want to know more this is a good article: https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/theatre-of-war-australias-covid-response
Theatre of war: Australia’s covid response was a joint US military domestic terrorism operation.
One of the most startling things I found is that an Australian Commando was in charge of your US domestic clandestine operations in Tampa as well as US NATO. He then came back and ran the Australian covid response.
Enjoy (I guess).
Tapes are not needed to know that a delaware dimwit is in the not so white house in forsaken dc.
Speaking of Delaware, I found that Australia's Novavax contract was legally registered in Delaware because the state is essentially a shell company.
https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/australias-novavax-contract
It's a long document but anyone interested can ctrl+F Delaware to find it
lots of corporate entities reside in the haven of delaware...
We know he is suffering from dementia. Releasing these tapes would show the DOJ is not objective and needs to be revamped.
So very well written. Thank you Bill!
Couldn't Robert Hur sue for slander as Biden and members of Congress accused him of partisanship and unethical portrayal of FJB's interview? Wouldn't this force the release of the recordings as Robert Hur has already resigned and has no fear of retaliation concerning his employment.
We think along the same lines, Jerry. I also thought, "Didn't the president just accuse Robert Hur of being unethical and falsely smearing him?" Couldn't Hur just demand the tapes be played to rebut this charge? I think he probably COULD have a legal case for libel or defamation.
Yeah, your final sentence captures the entire essence of the situation.
Long post below.
TL:DR
The privilege claim is completely bogus.
The House should hold Garland in contempt, have him arrested and put him in jail until he complies.
They should also use the Holman Rule to systematically and expansively defund the DOJ.
Politico deserves some credit here and no doubt filed the FOIA because they have excellent lawyers who know the privilege claim cannot withstand legal scrutiny.
In the end, the gutless House and compromised Speaker may succeed with a contempt finding. But they won’t do anything about it. .
In my view, the privilege claim is not supported by the law or the facts. As a general rule, the privilege right comes into effect when revealing the information would impair governmental functions. There is no impairment.
Well there is, but the impairment is Bidan’s brain. And that doesn’t pass the test, cognitively or as it relates privilege.
Amphetamine half life is 9-10 hours. So when they pump him full he can (barely) muddle through a 60 minute speech. But by the time hour 3-4 of the interview came along I’m betting the deterioration was massive. And that is likely what they can’t allow the public to see…the extent to which is energy, cognition, speech, memory, and overall mental acuity deteriorated as the hours wore on.
Good for Politico. They are obviously biased beyond belief. For them to even recognize what a scandal this is provides some measure of amusement.
If the GOP had any guts (which of course they don’t) they would hold Garland in contempt for defying the subpoena, give him 48 hours to release the material. If he refuses the House can then call upon the Seargant-at-Arms to arrest Garland, bring him to the floor of the House where he is made to answer for defying the subpoena by the Speaker. If he still refuses to provide the material he then can be subjected to whatever punishment the House determines is appropriate. Including imprisonment.
And that is what they should do. Hold him in contempt. Give him 48 hours or face the consequences, and let him know that he is more than likely to end up in jail. There’s a jail in the Capitol basement for a reason. If it was used more often, as it should be, Congress would find the executive branch much more cooperative.
Alternatively, they could hold him in contempt. Have him arrested and brought before the House. Give him 48 hours under threat of an expansive use of the Holman Rule. The expansive use would be defunding him, members of his staff, Jack Smith, basically they could, if they had any guts, literally shut down 75% of the DOJ operation.
Or, they could do both. Which is what they should do. But of course they won’t.
Lastly, I’m not convinced Bidan has the actual authority to assert privilege over these recordings. None of this is a secret, there is a transcript, there was public testimony, there are no national security interests at stake and no criminal charges will be filed, and it is clearly in Congress interest (as they consider a Bidan impeachment) and the public’s interest (as they consider the upcoming election) to have the material.
The House lawyers need to carefully read the language in Trump v Thompson. There are some nuggets in that decision that could potentially be bent back against Bidan’s privilege claim.
In the end, the privilege claim stands on extremely shaky ground. Politico has great lawyers and I’m betting they had this discussion prior to filing the FOIA. They know, and the House should know, the requested material is not likely to survive a legal challenge on privilege. Of course, with a gutless House and a clearly compromised Speaker, Garland knows he can just run out the clock.
Wow, thanks, learned a lot there. Frightening scenario….Modern Day “The Emporer’ New Clothes”….. except our Emperor has no brain and we have no control over the constitutional violations…. Merrick Garland, who knew? Whoever thought I’d thank McConnell for anything? Whenever he is on camera I only see a thinner Mrs. Doubtfire……
Thanks. Attached link is a short read re: Executive Privilege.
The 2nd link is a long read, but for those interested in the legal history of Executive Privilege, it’s a decent read. It’s from the Cornell Law Review so you need to keep that in mind in regards to their conclusions on the use of privilege. But even they admit that the litigated history of privilege claims is very thin and the determination of when privilege can be claimed is not clear.
Which essentially means POTUS always has the upper hand because once privilege is claimed, Congress has 100% of the burden of trying to undo the claim…and that means a long protracted court battle.
There is no definition or mention of Executive Privilege in the Constitution. Article 2.S2.C3.2.3. contains the specific language that courts have used to find and define the scope of Executive Privilege. But the language has as much to do with privilege as the ‘right to privacy’ has to do with abortion.
There are also a very limited number of court cases that deal with EP in relation to disputes between Congress and the Executive Branch. Privilege assertions have been around since the early days of the Republic. But for the most part they were limited in use, and generally utilized to protect members of the Executive Branch…in other words used by the President to protect subordinates from revealing communications between themselves or with the President. But, beginning with the Eisenhower administration the claim of privilege expanded and shifted from protecting presidential or executive branch interests to protection of the President himself. And with every POTUS since Eisenhower claims of privilege have increased.
And that is exactly what we have in the current situation. Bidan’s assertion of privilege has nothing to do with Garland directly, he is just the tool being used. Bidan is asserting privilege to protect himself.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S3-4-1/ALDE_00013377/
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-2/clause-3/executive-privilege-overview
AIPAC & ADL could tell you ....
Here's a great piece I just found written by Thomas Buckley, one of my Brownstone Institute colleagues, in 2022. It shows key videos supporting this diagnosis, which even a layman could see.
This shows the progression of Biden's dementia. I love Thomas's term "collaborationists." What really disturbs me with this story is my understanding of how many people must have collaborated to cover-up this obvious mental decline.
https://thomas699.substack.com/p/theyre-not-just-gaffes
He does have dementia and has for some years. That is not the reason that he is unfit to be president. Anyone with an objective, honest, independent thinking mind sees the destruction he has unleashed on America and the free world over the past 3.5 years.
Well, considering the mental state of him, someone has certainly been busy destroying us. They just stick a pen in his hand and whisper what to write into his hearing aid. “Your name, sir”? This is all horrifying.
"salute the Marines"
It's done on purpose:
AIPAC and ADL just show the US populace that they can lift ANYBODY into the oval-office without any backlash. The US-electorate was treated kindly up to this day; maybe very soon, they'll have Super Mario or SpongeBob SquarePants sitting there.
Don't you worry, it won't change ANYTHING because the area inside the Beltway in DC is just an extension of Hollywood's most important film backdrop ...
as the real decision-makers reside elsewhere, some even outside of the US ...
100% guaranteed Biden dropped the N-word.
Multiple times.
You know that is a very very real possibility. I knew an elderly lady, so very lovely in her younger years taught children at a local public school for eons but developed dementia and I personally heard her screaming the N word (among many other foul things) up and down the nursing home halls. She would be so horrified at what was coming out of her mouth if she had any control of the "reins". Point being it is actually a very common occurrence for the dementia patient to say obscenities that they normally would never say. I can't imagine how bad it would be for someone who probably said that word in hate a LOT in his younger days. Since he was such good friends with the KKK and all.
good Lord, didn't think of this. 3 hours is a long time for clenched fist angry dementia man to not let loose with expletives. I think you're correct. They don't dare release this, so executive privilege will work until they can destroy/delete all of the interview
I'm not sure about the strategy of, "look, Biden is old and unaware of what is going on." Isn't it obvious already to any objective viewer? This strategy has the result of taking the focus off of his disastrous policies, IMHO.
It is obvious to everyone with a brain. I think the country's real rulers know this is obvious to everyone ... but they don't care.
I think you can highlight issues and the fact our emperor has no brain. The biggest story is te fact every organization is captured - a president with obvious dementia proves this maxim ... or should. I think half the population simply doesn't care, which is kind of troubling.
Yes. They don’t care-the scariest possibility. The captured government doesn’t even need him but for the dress up game.
Thank you Bill. Well written & well stated. It’s never mentioned, but where the hell is Dr. Jill ? For a woman who should be revered, she sure is never seen, never heard or never spoken of.
If people haven't figured it out yet, you are seeing the Kabuki manage the senile man out and are turning towards Trump. I have contended for years that the MAGA crowd will be bolstered by this fake media manipulative maneuver and champion in Trump (the obvious lesser of two evils), but also the man who will implement the Noahide Laws (which include chopping off heads of Christians who don't toe the line).
The Maga crowd will cheer on their own demise.
It is because they have no discernment and Satan is leading them astray. And yes, it IS the Synagogue of Satan that is doing this.
Very good piece.
We've reached ("sank to" would be more apropos) a point, where the deep state is the governing body. biden might as well be an automaton or AI generated order taker at McDonalds. He is a hologram, to put it generously.
That's not just my loathing of an empty shirt showing through, but what we've seen over the past 4 years. You correctly point to the scripted nature of his governing existence. Contrary to what the masses have been mentally bribed to believe, biden has little to do with what is actually happening. He is the guy in Walmart posting the "Rollback" signs on shelves, after the real managers decide on the sales for the week.
The stonewalling we're seeing is the apparatus and it's apparatchiks protecting themselves. Again, as you well point out, if the curtain is ever pulled back fully (and this tape would be a big step in that direction) their reign would end. Trump would be swept in and the public would support the dismantling of ANY 3-letter agency he suggested. They would also support holding the second tier lapdogs accountable - looking at the member of the DOJ, house and senate.
While it's hard to herd cats, I keep thinking of the impact the following would have: All citizens who want this tape released should actively seek out and approach media figures, who're broadcasting and demand it. Especially minorities, since they're much harder to deride as racist white supremacists. If that started happening around the country, by the thousands, it would change the tone and narrative, not just in the media, but in the homes and offices of the everyday citizen.
Last thought.
This issue - while important - is just another shiny toy of the regime, being waved in front of the masses. It easily pales in comparison to the numerous other issues, that show both biden's ineptitude, incompetence and negligence and that the deep state truly administrates the actions, business and policies of this country.
Borders, economy, energy, foreign policy, strategic alliances, lawfare (which should truly scare the hell out of people), globalism pacts with international bureaucracies, transportation policy and it's subversion/terrorization, unaddressed criminal activity of all things intelligence related and surveillance state - any one of these issues, much less all of them, far surpass a 5 hour tape of a dementia riddle old man in showing the supremacy and installed authority of the deep state.
That being said, I do think it should be released, solely on the principle that we (the American people) own that tape. biden is our employee and as such, we are entitled to see the proof of his negligence, malfeasance and deception, where his mental state and health is concerned.