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Executive Privilege

Spamature said:
House GOP'ers better be worried Dark Brandon isn't sandbagging them.
He may just be baiting you guys so that he can release Trump's video testimony chocked full of lies and confusion just before the election.

Or even worse, he might declassify the evidence against him, just so voter will know what secrets he stole in effort to profit from it in the future.

Trump once said Mara Lago was worth over a billion dollars.
He had to lower the price right after the FBI raided him and took our stolen secrets back.

Hmmmm ?
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Zam-Zam said:
Joe Biden was sworn into the Senate in 1973, the year before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. Apparently the young senator was taking notes. Pres. Biden echoed his predecessor last week by claiming executive privilege over tapes of an important presidential discussion. The current president’s argument, however, is much weaker.

Special counsel Robert Hur interviewed the president in October about Pres. Biden’s handling of classified material during his time as a senator, vice president and private citizen. Mr. Hur recorded the conversation to prepare a transcript, which was subsequently released to the public. The House now wants the audio file, and two committees have subpoenaed it. Despite releasing the transcripts, the Biden administration has invoked executive privilege to conceal the tapes.

The assertion of privilege isn’t based on the interview subject’s status as president. The Supreme Court explained in U.S. v. Nixon (1974) that executive privilege pertains to “presidential communications in the exercise of Art. II powers.” Mr. Hur spoke with Pres. Biden about his personal conduct before his inauguration, meaning presidential communications weren’t at issue.
Pres. Biden has instead claimed, at Attorney General Garland’s request, that he can assert privilege over the Justice Department’s “law enforcement functions.” That is how the president justifies concealing not only the tapes of his interview with Mr. Hur but also those of his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, a private citizen.

Whatever the application of executive privilege to Justice Department investigations of private citizens, it can’t be used to conceal tapes after transcripts have been released. Pres. Biden waived whatever privilege might protect these interviews when he released their contents in full.


Complete text: Biden, Nixon and the Hur Report - WSJ


The tapes themselves must be particularly embarrassing for the President...Why else would they be withheld from the voting public after the transcripts have been released?

The Biden transparency...
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It will be interesting, I believe his executive privilege went out the window when they released the transcript.
 
Zam-Zam said:
Joe Biden was sworn into the Senate in 1973, the year before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. Apparently the young senator was taking notes. Pres. Biden echoed his predecessor last week by claiming executive privilege over tapes of an important presidential discussion. The current president’s argument, however, is much weaker.

Special counsel Robert Hur interviewed the president in October about Pres. Biden’s handling of classified material during his time as a senator, vice president and private citizen. Mr. Hur recorded the conversation to prepare a transcript, which was subsequently released to the public. The House now wants the audio file, and two committees have subpoenaed it. Despite releasing the transcripts, the Biden administration has invoked executive privilege to conceal the tapes.

The assertion of privilege isn’t based on the interview subject’s status as president. The Supreme Court explained in U.S. v. Nixon (1974) that executive privilege pertains to “presidential communications in the exercise of Art. II powers.” Mr. Hur spoke with Pres. Biden about his personal conduct before his inauguration, meaning presidential communications weren’t at issue.
Pres. Biden has instead claimed, at Attorney General Garland’s request, that he can assert privilege over the Justice Department’s “law enforcement functions.” That is how the president justifies concealing not only the tapes of his interview with Mr. Hur but also those of his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, a private citizen.

Whatever the application of executive privilege to Justice Department investigations of private citizens, it can’t be used to conceal tapes after transcripts have been released. Pres. Biden waived whatever privilege might protect these interviews when he released their contents in full.


Complete text: Biden, Nixon and the Hur Report - WSJ


The tapes themselves must be particularly embarrassing for the President...Why else would they be withheld from the voting public after the transcripts have been released?

The Biden transparency...
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it does seem bizarre that the transcripts are available, but not the actual audio.

maybe someone is mumbling and stuttering in a distressing way?

in an actual court of law (Perry Mason, for instance), any judge would rule that the actual recordings, NOT someone's transcripts, would be "best evidence"
 
as seen on tv said:
it does seem bizarre that the transcripts are available, but not the actual audio.

maybe someone is mumbling and stuttering in a distressing way?

in an actual court of law (Perry Mason, for instance), any judge would rule that the actual recordings, NOT someone's transcripts, would be "best evidence"
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That's my thought...The only reason you would wish to conceal audio recordings after releasing transcripts is that the audio must be particularly embarrassing, and you don't want voters to hear it.

The "best evidence" must be kept away from the public.
 
Sickofleft said:
It will be interesting, I believe his executive privilege went out the window when they released the transcript.
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I suppose the idea is to hide the tapes at least until after the election. After that, should it wind up in the court system, who cares?

The important takeaway here is that Team Biden is hiding the truth from the American public, or at least as much of it as they can.

Truth and transparency are bad things for Biden.
 
Zam-Zam said:
I suppose the idea is to hide the tapes at least until after the election. After that, should it wind up in the court system, who cares?

The important takeaway here is that Team Biden is hiding the truth from the American public, or at least as much of it as they can.

Truth and transparency are bad things for Biden.
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so the transcript is not truthful?
 
middleview said:
1. Nixon's tapes were being hidden for a reason....they would implicate him in a crime.
2. The transcript of the Hur interview with Biden is available.

In my opinion, the republicans want the tapes hoping to keep the story in the headlines, not to discover any corrupt or illegal act. It is purely a political act. Why would Biden cooperate?
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Because a court properly orders him to? It isn't for the president to decide whether Congress is making proper use of their legal rights to properly subpoenaed material.
 
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