jimnyc
05-01-2020, 08:42 AM
They are senate records, why the outright refusal, Joe? I think I have a guess!
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Joe Biden: Senate Records Detail Meetings with Putin, Could Be ‘Taken out of Context’
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said he would not authorize the release of his Senate records, currently in the possession of the University of Delaware.
In an interview with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, Biden denied accusations of sexual assault from Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer. But he refused to release his Senate records to help prove his innocence.
Biden donated his Senate papers to the University of Delaware in 2012, which was set to release them to the public in December 2019. The university backtracked on the release when Biden announced his run for president in April 2019.
Biden admitted in the MSNBC interview that additional scrutiny on his Senate records would be bad for his presidential campaign.
“The idea that they would all be made public and the fact, while I was running for public office, they could be really be taken out of context,” he said.
Biden said that the records included details of his meetings with world leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“The papers are position papers,” he said. “They are documents that existed, for example, when I met with Putin or when I met with whomever. And all of that to be fodder in a campaign at this time, I don’t know of anybody who’s done anything like that.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/01/joe-biden-senate-records-detail-meetings-with-putin-could-be-taken-out-of-context/
And huh? Might be used against him? First off, they are records. Secondly, such hypocrisy! Thirdly, even if, that's America's job to judge politically and make up our minds - with ALL information.
Joe Biden Says Papers Can’t Be Released While ‘Running for Public Office’; Demanded Trump’s Tax Returns
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday morning that the papers from his Senate career could not be released while he was seeking public office because of the risk they could be used politically against him.
However, Biden, like other Democrats, has demanded that President Donald Trump release his tax returns.
Biden appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to address allegations of sexual assault by former aide Tara Reade, who has filed a police report in Washington, DC, based on an incident she said happened in the Senate in 1993.
He denied her accusations.
Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked Biden why he did not grant open access to papers from his Senate career that he had given to the University of Delaware. The following exchange ensued:
Brzezinski: The first [question], about the University of Delaware records. Do you agree with the reporting that those records were supposed to be revealed to the public and then they were resealed for a longer time until, quote, after you leave public life. And if you agree with that, if that’s what happened, why did that happen?
Biden: The fact is, that there’s are a lot of things — speeches I’ve made, positions I’ve taken, interviews that I did overseas with people, all of those things relating to my job. And the idea that they would all be made public, and the fact while I was running for public office, they could really be taken out of context. The papers are position papers — they are documents that existed, for example, when I met with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, or when I met with whomever. And all of that to be fodder in a campaign at this time — I don’t know of anybody who’s done anything like that. …
Brzezinski: I’m asking why not do the same [as the National Archives] in the University of Delaware records, which have raised questions because they were supposed to be revealed to the public, and then they were sealed for a longer period of time. Why not do it for both sets of records?
Biden: Because the material in the University of Delaware has no personnel files, but it does have a lot of confidential personal conversations that I had with the president about a particular issue, that I had with the heads of states of other places. That that would not be something that be revealed while I was in public office, or while I was seeking public office. It just stands to reason — to the best of my knowledge, no one else has done that either.
Biden told President Trump in October 2019: “Release your tax returns or shut up.”
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/01/joe-biden-says-papers-cant-be-released-running-for-public-office-demanded-trump-tax-returns/
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Joe Biden: Senate Records Detail Meetings with Putin, Could Be ‘Taken out of Context’
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said he would not authorize the release of his Senate records, currently in the possession of the University of Delaware.
In an interview with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, Biden denied accusations of sexual assault from Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer. But he refused to release his Senate records to help prove his innocence.
Biden donated his Senate papers to the University of Delaware in 2012, which was set to release them to the public in December 2019. The university backtracked on the release when Biden announced his run for president in April 2019.
Biden admitted in the MSNBC interview that additional scrutiny on his Senate records would be bad for his presidential campaign.
“The idea that they would all be made public and the fact, while I was running for public office, they could be really be taken out of context,” he said.
Biden said that the records included details of his meetings with world leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“The papers are position papers,” he said. “They are documents that existed, for example, when I met with Putin or when I met with whomever. And all of that to be fodder in a campaign at this time, I don’t know of anybody who’s done anything like that.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/01/joe-biden-senate-records-detail-meetings-with-putin-could-be-taken-out-of-context/
And huh? Might be used against him? First off, they are records. Secondly, such hypocrisy! Thirdly, even if, that's America's job to judge politically and make up our minds - with ALL information.
Joe Biden Says Papers Can’t Be Released While ‘Running for Public Office’; Demanded Trump’s Tax Returns
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday morning that the papers from his Senate career could not be released while he was seeking public office because of the risk they could be used politically against him.
However, Biden, like other Democrats, has demanded that President Donald Trump release his tax returns.
Biden appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to address allegations of sexual assault by former aide Tara Reade, who has filed a police report in Washington, DC, based on an incident she said happened in the Senate in 1993.
He denied her accusations.
Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked Biden why he did not grant open access to papers from his Senate career that he had given to the University of Delaware. The following exchange ensued:
Brzezinski: The first [question], about the University of Delaware records. Do you agree with the reporting that those records were supposed to be revealed to the public and then they were resealed for a longer time until, quote, after you leave public life. And if you agree with that, if that’s what happened, why did that happen?
Biden: The fact is, that there’s are a lot of things — speeches I’ve made, positions I’ve taken, interviews that I did overseas with people, all of those things relating to my job. And the idea that they would all be made public, and the fact while I was running for public office, they could really be taken out of context. The papers are position papers — they are documents that existed, for example, when I met with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, or when I met with whomever. And all of that to be fodder in a campaign at this time — I don’t know of anybody who’s done anything like that. …
Brzezinski: I’m asking why not do the same [as the National Archives] in the University of Delaware records, which have raised questions because they were supposed to be revealed to the public, and then they were sealed for a longer period of time. Why not do it for both sets of records?
Biden: Because the material in the University of Delaware has no personnel files, but it does have a lot of confidential personal conversations that I had with the president about a particular issue, that I had with the heads of states of other places. That that would not be something that be revealed while I was in public office, or while I was seeking public office. It just stands to reason — to the best of my knowledge, no one else has done that either.
Biden told President Trump in October 2019: “Release your tax returns or shut up.”
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/01/joe-biden-says-papers-cant-be-released-running-for-public-office-demanded-trump-tax-returns/