When the Press Became A Group of Rabid Dogs; Biden’s Nightmare Presser at 7:45 pm.

Whoever thought hauling out Joe last night to rebut the classified document report, which included his mental decline, turned the whole document affair into a nightmare. The usual somnolent press became a group of rabid dogs. They already had juiced up Joe earlier in the day. What were they thinking?

Jonathan Turley and a few of his tweets:

Despite President Biden’s denials, the report is full of references to willful retention including headings such as “THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT MR. BIDEN WILLFULLY RETAINED THE CLASSIFIED AFGHANISTAN DOCUMENTS.”

The effort to shift blame to his staff is curious when he admits that these documents go back 40 years. That includes material removed from Senate SCIFs, presumably by himself, in violation of clear rules

……However, what is more troubling is the failure to address the specific photos and details of the mishandling and retention of these documents. The suggestion that this is all the fault of “staff” is not just incredible but insulting.

President Biden just took a victory lap in not being criminally charged despite a finding that he “willfully retained” classified material and showed substantial decline in his mental faculties.

The DOJ is defending the lack of criminal charges against Joe Biden while noting the difficulty of going to trial against a “‘well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” …

Biden is found to have “willfully retained” documents but he is still viewed as too “sympathetic” person for a potential jury. Conversely, Trump was clearly viewed as neither sympathetic nor sufficiently old to warrant such consideration.

Full report from Special Counsel Robert Hur, on President Biden’s mishandling of classified materials. Conclusion was no chargeable offense, but there are a number of aspects likely to create political problems for Biden:  https://justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf

Full report: Here

The show stopper last night:

US President Joe Biden has been relentlessly grilled by White House reporters over his age and mental acuity during a surprise last-minute press conference late Thursday night, local time. A long-awaited report cleared President Joe Biden of any wrongdoing in his mishandling of classified documents on February 8, but dropped a political bombshell by painting the Democrat as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”.

Mr Biden rejected concerns about his failing memory during the address. “My memory is fine,” the President said.

We can question the “well-meaning.”

The very best of the swamp.