Too bad his first name is Robert and not Benjamin
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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Hur-dur
Typical worthless MAGAt.
Bet Hur thought it was easy to face a congressional committee as he was sitting on his couch.
Is there a law that's been broke here, even if it's just defamation or something? I'd love to see this asshole prosecuted.
there is a solid case of defamation.
He used a position of authority that's supposed to have been neutral to create a false impression out of political motivations. never mind that it wasn't his job and he's not qualified in any case to make such an assessment.
For defamation you have to prove that he lied, and that he knew he lied. Has nothing to do with qualifications or motivation.
Oh boy can't wait to see this one slog its way through 32 courts over the next 19 years and end in an unsatisfactory conclusion a decade after all parties involved have already died
I'd settle for fired but this hack needs to face some consequences.
fired is just the first step. he needs to be investigated by somebody independent to see if his other decisions are also politically motivated as well as if there wasn't any sort of corruption in this particular case.
And, anyone found to behaving in a corrupt manner needs to be dealt with in the appropriate manner. (I.E, jail time.)
He already resigned and will likely go to some cushy well paid gig he may or may not have been promised.
Full transcript. The excerpt in question starts on page 82 of the first interview session.
I actually really recommend reading for a few pages. Obviously it's interesting to see the primary source and judge Hur's claim about Biden not remembering when his son died, or flip to some random page and read a little and make an evaluation of Biden's mental fitness. But the little section that begins with talking about Beau dying was just really unexpected to me.
This whole kerfuffle seems so stupid. Biden didn't take any memory tests, didn't get evaluated by a psychiatrist or any memory experts, and nobody authoritative on the topic of memory or brain function was involved.
A fair and accurate headline would have been "Republican lawyer thinks Biden is senile." A republican has that opinion? Stop the fucking presses
He doesn't think Biden is senile, he even said Biden has a near photographic memory dealing with the House. Hur misrepresented the truth then pretends the "I don't recall" defense is not the most common defense used in interviews with feds.
An accurate headline would have been: Member of ratfucker party tried to ratfuck Biden.
Even that title would be inaccurate. He just used the situation to lie that he thinks Biden is senile to hurt Biden's chances of getting elected again. It's a blatant violation of ethics.
The only way out of this is education. This drivel is maddening. Human minds are as wasted and polluted as the environment.
I've long been advocating for the Democratic party to adopt a Teacher's classroom mindset. Think about what Bernie, Warren, and Porter did in basically elevating the understanding of civics, history, and current-events of our country.
Use all donation money to just honestly spoonfeed Americans vital information one bite-size ad at a time.
Even “liberal” media in the US loves Trump and will print anything that might further the close race narrative, regardless of veracity.
Trump gets eyeballs on news, which directly leads to ad revenue. US media is addicted to Trump as a means of selling ad space and would gladly let the country burn down for a few extra ad sales.
It's fortunate that most voters find him so repulsive now that a bigger presence in the news seems to be bad for Trump nowadays.
I miss the days when he was just the guy that hosted the apprentice show and was know for the catch phrase "you're fired". Simpler times