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Former President Joe Biden is declining to appeal a court ruling that allows the Justice Department to publicize recordings of conversations between him and a writer collaborating on his memoir. n.pr/4xntLhx

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-- NPR (@npr.org) 4:09 PM · Jul 25, 2026

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There is a distinction between Biden's desk with "it's not marked classified" (believable) to Trump literally stealing and selling hundreds of boxes of TOP SECRET documents that must have you enraged, lfthdthrds?

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 07:34 PM | Reply

There is a distinction between Biden's desk with "it's not marked classified" (believable) to Trump literally stealing and selling hundreds of boxes of TOP SECRET documents that must have you enraged, lfthdthrds?

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 07:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're looking for the wrong flex... I mainly posted it because we had a president who couldn't be held accountable for his mishandling of classified documents because of his failing mind - recognizable back as far as 2016.

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-27 08:10 PM | Reply

There is a distinction between Biden's desk with "it's not marked classified" (believable) to Trump literally stealing and selling hundreds of boxes of TOP SECRET documents that must have you enraged, lfthdthrds?
#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 07:34 PM | Reply | Flag:
You're looking for the wrong flex... I mainly posted it because we had a president who couldn't be held accountable for his mishandling of classified documents because of his failing mind - recognizable back as far as 2016.
#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-27 08:10 PM

What did Trump do with his known 340 classified document theft?

What did Biden do with his, what, one?

Yeah, totally comparable.

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-27 08:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

"couldn't be held accountable"

He technically could have been held accountable, but the President gets an extremely wide berth for actions taken in furtherance of the Office of the President, like bringing some files home for work.

I mean seriously, what are you suggesting is an appropriate penalty here?

But hasn't the Supreme Court since legislated this from the bench? I thought a President couldn't be held accountable for this now. At least that's what Trump's lawyers argued.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-27 09:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Impeach Biden! - Leftoverturds

Your Pedo Protecting Hero is currently breaking the Law by not releasing the Epstein Files... not to mention destroying America and creating another Forever War.

And all you have is, 'But, but... Biden!".

It's pathetic, really.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-27 10:12 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 4

So are the tapes off limits because of what a -------- Trump is?

There is no reason to talk impeachment because it's stupid.

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-27 10:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Great.

Prosecute him.

#7 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-07-27 11:16 PM | Reply

I guess Biden didn't have a corrupt judge like Cannon ignoring the law to protect him.

Hey Pedo, can we release the Epstein Files and Jack Smith Report now?

#8 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-07-27 11:36 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

but the President gets an extremely wide berth for actions taken in furtherance of the Office of the President, like bringing some files home for

#4 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2026-07-27 09:02 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Biden was t President when it occurred.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-28 12:34 AM | Reply

#9 And Biden was president when your other -------- finally made its shy appearance.

So, I guess you can blame that on Biden, too.

Right, Left Hind Turds ? ? ? ?

#10 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-07-28 12:43 AM | Reply

Biden kept volumes of notes at his home that included classified information

Is it wrong for presidents to keep classified documents at their home?

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-28 05:02 AM | Reply

That a president may have classified documents among the stuff he collects and removes after his tenure doesn't bother me. What bothers me is how that president reacts when it's found out.

One tried to hide it. One has been criminally charged.

Take that for what it's worth.

#12 | Posted by et_al at 2026-07-28 06:50 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

That a president may have classified documents among the stuff he collects and removes after his tenure doesn't bother me.

#12 | Posted by et_al at 2026-07-28 06:50 AM | Reply | Flag:

Biden had never been President when he removed the classified material. So, what bothers you now?

#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-28 10:11 AM | Reply

Biden had never been President when he removed the classified material. So, what bothers you now?
#13 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Was he vice president? Member of Congress?

Were they documents he had been given or documents he stole?

Did he return them when asked?

Did several Russians meet with him in private while he had those files?

Is it wrong for people who were/ are presidents, Vice presidents or members of Congress to keep classified documents at their home?

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-28 12:22 PM | Reply

Is it wrong for people who were/ are presidents, Vice presidents or members of Congress to keep classified documents at their home?

#14 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

To answer your question specifically. Yes. It is wrong.

Classified information is strictly meant to be reviewed within secure skiffs, designated rooms in the Capitol or congressional offices"never in a personal residence. Removing and storing classified papers at a home address violates the rules governing the handling of national security information.

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-28 12:51 PM | Reply

Turdfyck loves him some child-raping demented old pedophile.

#16 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-28 02:55 PM | Reply

You're looking for the wrong flex... I mainly posted it because we had a president who couldn't be held accountable for his mishandling of classified documents because of his failing mind - recognizable back as far as 2016.

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds

He was accountable because he GAVE THEM BACK.

He didn't lie to the FBI about having them, refuse to give them back, get other people to lie for him, then try to destroy evidence of him still having them LIKE SOMEONE ELSE DID.

#17 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-28 04:04 PM | Reply

~He was accountable because he GAVE THEM BACK.

#1 that's retarded
#2 why did he fight to keep the recordings away from the public?

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-28 05:09 PM | Reply

"that's retarded"

This is about the 10th time you've pretended that giving it back immediately upon discovery, is the same thing as lying about it for months and months on end, enlisting others to lie about it months and months on end, enlisting the lawyers to lie about it on a signed form, and enlisting others to obstruct justice.

Most decidedly ... Not the same thing.

You'd have to be a MASSIVE ree-taaard to believe they're the same.

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-07-28 05:30 PM | Reply

-This is about the 10th time you've pretended that giving it back immediately upon discovery, is the same thing as lying about it for months

If you learn anything, learn this. He did lie about it.... Because he knew what he was doing was wrong by warning the guy on the recording... That's exactly why he tried to hide the recordings.

You've just crossed into Snoofy territory.

And I don't care if nothing is done about it. I simply posted the article because it was, at one point, a subject of open conversation that he didn't have the mental capacity to answer for it - while he was still our President.

#20 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-28 05:40 PM | Reply

#2 why did he fight to keep the recordings away from the public?

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds

That's what CLASSIFIED means stupid.

He didn't fight against keeping them away from the FBI like trump did.

Why did trump do that? And why did he get people to help hide them and cover it up?

#21 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-28 05:44 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

LMAO another raetard

#22 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-28 06:07 PM | Reply

#22

Why can't you answer the valid questions in #21?

Again, are you going to pretend Biden lied for years on end to try to keep classified documents from the FBI? And enlisted others to commit perjury and obstruction???

#23 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-07-28 06:15 PM | Reply

He's incapable of recognizing his own stupidity

#24 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-28 06:24 PM | Reply

LMAO another raetard

#22 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Why did trump do this:

"One of Donald Trump's employees told FBI agents the former president ordered boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago to be moved before federal agents searched the property, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The source also told NBC News that the FBI obtained security video showing people moving boxes out of a storage room at Trump's Florida estate."

www.nbcnews.com

Do you know or are you raetarded?

#25 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-28 06:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

www.motherjones.com

Trump Told Aides to Delete Security Footage in Coverup Attempt

#26 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-28 06:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

www.pbs.org

Read the full Trump indictment on mishandling of classified documents

#27 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-28 06:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Do you know or are you raetarded?

#25 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

The latter

#28 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-07-28 06:49 PM | Reply

@#12 ... That a president may have classified documents among the stuff he collects and removes after his tenure doesn't bother me. What bothers me is how that president reacts when it's found out.

One tried to hide it. One has been criminally charged.

Take that for what it's worth. ...

Not just a president, but also a vice-president.

Fmr VP Pence was found to have classified documents in his possession after he left office.

Mike Pence classified documents incident
en.wikipedia.org

... In January 2023, Gregory Jacob, an attorney for former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, said that a "small number" of classified documents had been found at Pence's house in Carmel, Indiana. The documents were originally obtained during Pence's time in the first Trump administration.

Jacob said Pence had engaged outside attorneys to search his home "out of an abundance of caution" after it was reported that classified documents were found in President Joe Biden's home and former office. The discovered documents were collected and removed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

A later FBI search of Pence's residence, agreed to by Pence, found a single additional classified document. On June 2, 2023, media outlets reported that Pence was informed by the United States Department of Justice that the investigation into him had been concluded and that he would not be charged. ...



#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-28 07:11 PM | Reply

And to follow-up ...

Joe Biden classified documents incident
en.wikipedia.org

... On January 9, 2023, CBS News[1] reported that attorneys for U.S. president Joe Biden discovered classified government documents in his former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., and in his personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware, dating to his time in the United States Senate and his vice presidency in the Obama administration.[2][3][4] The number of documents was later revealed to be between 25 and 30. By June 2023, classified documents from Biden's Senate tenure were discovered in materials donated to the University of Delaware.[5][6] ...

On November 2, 2022, Biden's attorneys discovered the first set of classified documents in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center; they reported them that day to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which retrieved them the next day. ...

On February 8, 2024, the Justice Department released the report by special counsel Hur, which concluded that the "evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt", so "no criminal charges are warranted in this matter".[9][10]

For classified documents found in the Penn Biden Center and in the University of Delaware, Hur judged that they "could plausibly have been brought to these locations by mistake".[11] For Afghanistan-related classified documents found in the garage of Biden's Delaware home, Hur stated that his investigation could not determine "why, how, or by whom" that material was kept.[11]

For Biden's handwritten notebooks found in Biden's Delaware home, which included classified content, Hur credited the possibility that Biden treated them as "personal property", given "historical practice" of the federal government allowing President Ronald Reagan to take home his diaries as "personal records" despite their classified content.[12][13][14] ...



#30 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-28 07:17 PM | Reply

... and ...

Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)
en.wikipedia.org(classified_documents_case)

... United States of America v. Donald J. Trump, Waltine Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira was a federal criminal case against Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States; Walt Nauta, his personal aide and valet; and Mar-a-Lago maintenance chief Carlos De Oliveira.[2][3]

The grand jury indictment brought 40 felony counts against Trump related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents after his first presidency, to which he pleaded not guilty.[4] The case marked the first federal indictment of a former U.S. president.[5]

On June 8, 2023, the original indictment with 37 felony counts against Trump was filed in the federal district court in Miami by the office of the special counsel, Jack Smith.[6][7][8][9] On July 27, a superseding indictment charged an additional three felonies against Trump.[10][11][12]

Trump was charged separately for each of 32 documents under the Espionage Act.[13][14]

The other eight charges against him included making false statements and engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. The most serious charges against Trump and Nauta carried a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. ...




#31 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-28 07:21 PM | Reply

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