After all the numerous and continuing Democrat demanded investigations into Trump I welcome Democrats trying to say there is no need to investigate the Biden's any further.
You ok with this leak a few weeks before the election?Hunter Biden: Twitter explodes over news federal agents have enough to file charges against president's son
Social media users commented on the news that federal charges could be brought against President Biden's controversial son Hunter after a years-long investigation.www.foxnews.com
We already knew this which makes you wonder why this is now being recycled and presented as some sort of new revelation by a leftist outlet. Oh well the leftists melting down on Twitter make it all worth it.
Don't be rediculous. Of course he is okay with all those things.
I don't think it would be proper to charge Hunter before the election. I also think these charges are merely the tip of the iceberg. We will find out for sure if and when Republicans take over Congress and are allowed to investigate potential wrong doings of the Bidens.
So the answer to the question is yes, you are fine with the leak. Not surprising at all.
No, I'm not ok with your right-wing spin mixed in with facts.
Right wing spin? Everything I noted has been proven without question, now quit playing your silly games and answer the question with a simple yes or no you demand out of others.
While I know you leftist feel free to abuse the power of the federal government when it suits your needs, there is a well known DOJ policy forbidding election interference. I would consider this election interference and would be against it.
Were you upset or did you call foul over such leaks/surprises?
The fact that you believe this illustrates how committed you are to the propaganda and spin you are being fed.Right wing spin? Everything I noted has been proven without question
This policy includes not commenting on ongoing investigation and not taking steps that will be viewed as influencing an election.
Doesn't matter as the right isn't the one that did this it was the left. If you were not a person that allowed your bias to overcome your thought process you would be asking why and why now? But to answer your question I do not like the dirty politics that both sides play, but they all do and we all have to deal with it.
Your sure seem to as you are making a big deal out of it.
Really, Zuckerberg didn't come out and say they censored the laptop story? The Twitter exec didn't say they made a mistake by censoring the laptop story. The FBI didn't contact social media companies and tell them to be aware of a coming disinformation dump? 50 sum odd ex intelligence officials didn't write a letter saying the laptop had all the signs of Russian Disinformation? Wow I must be totally misinformed if none of that happened.
I believe all those Russian disinformation folks should be locked up for the criminal act of lying about the Hunter Biden laptop. It had a massive influence on the election.
I've already stated I don't like it but both sides do it and we all have to deal with it. Personally I would prefer debates on nothing but policy, but we all know that is never going to happen. Is it OK with you if I think it's not proper for the DOJ to charge Hunter before the election? You know how much you approval means to me.
Unfortuantely the only election interference Democrats have an issue with is that which negatively effects Democrats, that which effects Republicans is fully supported by them.
How do you know the sources quoted in the article were from people on the left? Is this another one of your assumptions?
Did I start this thread? I simply asked your opinion on the leak since you brought it up.
Then get outraged and condemn it when both sides do it instead of the outrage/condemnation when it is happening to a Republican and excuse making ("everyone does it") when it happens to a Democrat.
I think I did when I said it wasn't proper to charge Hunter before the election.
Good grief, it's a left wing propaganda outlet that for some reason recycled already well known information to sstir up the controversy. If you were a legitimate thinking person you would be asking why and why now. Leftist don't do anything without a purpose.
Was what occurred before the 2016 election proper? If your answer is no, did you articulate that position back then or were you celebrating what was occurring?
Exactly. Double standard.
You now have a problem with leaks? My how the worm has turned.
Everything is not always black and white regardless of your effort to make it that way. If you are a thinking person you always have to consider the consequences of every action. Would you have preferred the FBI stay silent before the 2016 election and then after the election come out with all of that information? The backlash would have been of epic proportions if the FBI had done that and you know it.
As it relates to ongoing criminal investigations from those associated with the government's investigation, absolutely. As it relates to politics and public policy, no.
No, I'm not sure. You seem to be though.
Because a reporter got a good scoop from some trusted sources and WaPo editors decided to run the story.
Yes, if there was an ongoing (or reopened) criminal investigation. Once the investigation is complete, I believe it is appropriate to either make a charge or, in the case of a publicly known investigation, release a statement saying the investigation is complete and there are no charges. What Comey did in July 2016 over the top though. Grandstanding.
Interesting, you can hold conflicting opinions but others who have similiar conflicts you say they have double standards. Isn't that just a tad hypocritical?
I know the story is months old and question why now.
The not charging Defendants within a certain time period of elections is DOJ/FBI protocol and not a legal requirement.
Not a double standard. I don't apply the principle I gave you unfairly to different people. I could care less if it is a Republican or Democrat (man or woman, black or white, tall or short) being investigated, there shouldn't be leaks from the government during ongoing criminal investigations.
The main problem you have in your reasoning here is your misguided right-wing assumptions of WaPo and all the journalists/editors associated with them. I don't disagree that WaPo's editorial board is left-learning or even that it's newsroom operations lean left. But when they get a scoop and they trust the scoop, they tend to run with it.
I certainly understand what your saying but shouldn't we expect and desire precedent to be followed? Precedent is there to be followed as a check against a crazy political atmosphere. I think we can all agree the political atmosphere is absolutely nuts right now.
