DOJ won't prosecute AG Garland for contempt for refusal to turn over audio from Biden, Hur interview

[Hum Dinger]

Look around you man. I know you democrats are blind, but come on!!! Do you see ANY signs that Joe will win this thing? Isnt his news bad news, like every single day?

Only Trump cultists think that everything is bad about the Biden Presidency.

Wake up from your delusions!

The majority of the American people aren't being dup'd by your propaganda BULLSHIT!

 

[Couchpotato]

Not in that way at all. The DOJ runs the DOJ. Trump never understood that.

The DOJ is an executive agency. The DOJ literally works for the President.

 

[Marener]

Ok. That's not a legal justification to not release it though. Congress and the public has a right to it via FOIA laws and the fact that it might be bad for a political candidate it irrelevant.

If the subpoena does not have any basis in their congressional duties, it is not a legitimate subpoena. See the Mazar’s decision.

Second, the DoJ did provide a legal justification for not releasing it. They consider it privileged under law enforcement privilege. They say that future presidents won’t cooperate with investigations if their participation is just going to be used against them.

Last, this isn’t a FOIA issue.

 

[Godboy]

The majority of the American people aren't being dup'd by your propaganda BULLSHIT!

Where on Earth are you getting this strange idea from? What poll shows a majority of Americans backing Biden?

 

[MisterBeale]

All the President has to do is write a letter saying that he's O.K. and he returns to office.

It then would take 2/3 of both houses to keep him removed from office.

You seem to have forgotten the second half of the 25th amendment:

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office

When did Congress appoint such a body?

 

[Couchpotato]

If the subpoena does not have any basis in their congressional duties, it is not a legitimate subpoena. See the Mazar’s decision.

Second, the DoJ did provide a legal justification for not releasing it. They consider it privileged under law enforcement privilege. They say that future presidents won’t cooperate with investigations if their participation is just going to be used against them.

Last, this isn’t a FOIA issue.

The WH can't have the transcripts released and then claim executive privilege for the recordings. That's the dumbest argument for not releasing these tapes yet. If Biden doesn't sound like a doddering old man on these tapes the WH SHOULD want them out there. You understand that you are on here arguing for the government to suppress information in order to protect a political candidate.

 

[Marener]

People struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table dont give a shit about market records.

Cost of housing is up 40% and I think food is about the same since 2020.

Way off. Cumulative increases in housing and food is a shave over 20%.

Hourly wages are up almost 17%. FYI.

Most people say their personal finances are good or better.

 

[Marener]

I’ll admit I didn’t know about that provision.

But since Congress has not passed any law (and won’t) to investigate the president’s mental state, this subpoena is worthless.

 

[Marener]

Since when have voters given two shits about the markets? Do any of you dems read the polls that say whats important to Americans? The stock market isnt on the list.

Why wouldn’t they care about the markets?

We sure as hell heard all about how Trump was so great when the market set records during his administration.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Another illiterate. How sad.

The DOJ controls the transcripts. You guys are so mentally vacant.

 

[Couchpotato]

The DOJ controls the transcripts. You guys are so mentally vacant.

And the DOJ works for who again?

 

[Couchpotato]

Way off. Cumulative increases in housing and food is a shave over 20%.

Hourly wages are up almost 17%. FYI.

Most people say their personal finances are good or better.

US home prices have surged 47% since the start of 2020

Home prices have risen since the start of 2020, rising 47.1% as high mortgage rates and limited demand push affordability out of reach for many Americans.

www.foxbusiness.com

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index

View data of a benchmark of average single-family home prices in the U.S., calculated monthly based on changes in home prices over the prior three months.

fred.stlouisfed.org

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/housing-market-price-trends-zip-code-map/

The housing market is so tight that home prices are 44% higher than before the pandemic

Between low inventory and high mortgage rates, home buyers are facing a historic lack of affordability.

finance.yahoo.com

You're full of shit.

Here’s How Much Grocery Prices Have Increased Since the Last Election

If you feel like your trips to the grocery store have been putting a bigger dent in your wallet lately, you're not imagining things. Food prices in the United States have risen significantly over the...

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During the last federal election on Nov. 3, 2020, food inflation was running at just 3.9% annually. Fast forward to March 2024, and the latest data shows food prices have risen a whopping 25.8% since then. To put that in perspective, a basket of groceries that cost $100 in November 2020 would now set you back $125.80. That’s an increase of

Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials - Food Prices and Spending | Economic Research Service

Retail food prices partially reflect farm-level commodity prices, but other costs of bringing food to the market (such as processing and retailing) have a greater role in determining prices on supermarket shelves and restaurant menus. Monthly price swings in grocery stores for individual food...

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Let me guess. Everyone is just lying or doesnt understand just how great this economy is.....

AM I RIGHT?

 

[Marener]

You're full of shit.

Nope. You’re just using the wrong data. New housing sale prices isn’t the right data. For starters, home sale prices isn’t great because most people haven’t bought a home in the last few years. Second, they’re not all buying new homes. You need a broader measure.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Housing in U.S. City Average

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Housing in U.S. City Average (CPIHOSSL) from Jan 1967 to Dec 2024 about urban, consumer, CPI, housing, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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Index went from 270 in 330.

Fast forward to March 2024, and the latest data shows food prices have risen a whopping 25.8% since then.

25% is a long way from 40%.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food in U.S. City Average

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From Jan 2021 to now, it went from 270 to 328. I got 21% increase.

 

[Couchpotato]

Nope. You’re just using the wrong data. New housing sale prices isn’t the right data. For starters, home sale prices isn’t great because most people haven’t bought a home in the last few years. Second, they’re not all buying new homes. You need a broader measure.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Housing in U.S. City Average

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Housing in U.S. City Average (CPIHOSSL) from Jan 1967 to Dec 2024 about urban, consumer, CPI, housing, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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Index went from 270 in 330.


25% is a long way from 40%.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food in U.S. City Average

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food in U.S. City Average (CPIUFDSL) from Jan 1947 to Mar 2025 about urban, food, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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From Jan 2021 to now, it went from 270 to 328. I got 21% increase.

I knew they were lying...... Fucking MSM just has it out for Biden and this administration..... The Biden campaign should run with that and see how it turns out....

 

[Marener]

I knew they were lying...... Fucking MSM just has it out for Biden and this administration..... The Biden campaign should run with that and see how it turns out....

No lying. You just have to be smart about what you’re looking at.

Oh, and the media has a bias for sensationalism more than anything. They will splash the biggest numbers they can.

 

[Rogue AI]

The DOJ controls the transcripts. You guys are so mentally vacant.

Which had nothing at all to do with the White House saying it was edited. How stupid are you?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Which had nothing at all to do with the White House saying it was edited. How stupid are you?

... which has nothing to do with the House who has no oversight mandate for such matters to call for a copy.

Go ahead and cry like the little bitch you are.

 

[Rogue AI]

... which has nothing to do with the House who has no oversight mandate for such matters to call for a copy.

Go ahead and cry like the little bitch you are.

Of course the House has a right to the unedited version. DOJ has absolutely no leg to stand on in this. Once the edited transcripts were released, the House has an even better justification to see the truth. Not that I expect you could even begin to understand such things. Run along now, adults are talking.

 

[Couchpotato]

... which has nothing to do with the House who has no oversight mandate for such matters to call for a copy.

Go ahead and cry like the little bitch you are.

Why do you think the Congress doesn t have oversight of the DOJ? If not Congress than who does?

 

[Dante]

Navarro and bannon go to prison for the same crime but not garland!!!

Not the same thing.

and

The DOJ is not required to prosecute AG Garland for contempt for refusal to turn over audio from Biden.

And do you fail to grasp why Garland has refused? What the issues are?