1 No charges for Biden in classified documents probe but ...
Joe Biden carelessly kept classified documents and notebooks at his home, according to a special counsel report released Thursday. The report said the evidence wasn't strong enough to charge the president with crimes. The report's description of Biden as "an elderly man with a poor memory" prompted a furious response from the president at a hastily called news conference hours later. The 345-page special counsel report portrayed Biden, 81, as someone who haphazardly kept notebooks and documents with classified information at his home, and struggled to recall key dates in his life. In concluding Biden should not be prosecuted, Special Counsel Robert Hur, a former Trump-appointed US Attorney in Maryland, offered a political indictment of the president's fitness. Hur described the leader of the free world as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory". This would make him impossible to prosecute (and difficult to elect). Republicans quickly seized on that stinging characterization to attack the Democratic incumbent as unfit for office, well no surprise in that! 2 Trump is on a glide path to the Republican nomination ... Trump is on a glide path to the Republican nomination, or should we say "coronation". Trump romped home in the Nevada and US Virgin Island caucuses Thursday night, continuing his unbeaten streak and making Nikki Haley's campaign appear futile. After wins Thursday in Nevada and the US Virgin Islands, Trump remains undefeated and in total command of the primary race. Trump's win in Nevada was never in doubt in a state where party leaders molded the delegate-awarding contest to benefit him. Trump's chief rival, Haley, was not even an option for caucus goers Thursday. Haley, the former South Carolina governor chose instead to take part in the state-run primary conducted earlier this week, where Trump was not on the ballot. Haley finished second to"none of these candidates". A "Non Of The Above" embarrassment confirming her fading relevance in the race. "Nota Bene", It's a landmark. 3 Good signs for Trump in the Supreme Court case ... Trump appears poised for a win at the Supreme Court. Justices expressed deep skepticism that Colorado could declare him an insurrectionist and bar him from their election ballots. Even liberal justices were skeptical that Colorado should be able to declare the former president an insurrectionist and disqualify him from the state's ballot. The question of whether Trump actually engaged in insurrection was barely mentioned in the arguments. This was a clear indication the justices could sidestep Trump's behaviour on January 6, 2021, in a decision that seems likely to affirm his eligibility to appear on presidential ballots. Trump is not in the clear yet. Trump related questions loom for the Supreme Court, such as whether Trump enjoys absolute immunity from prosecution. His lawyers have until Monday to ask SCOTUS to review a DC appeals court ruling last week that Trump does not have super immunity and that he can be prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. So what can we expect? It's all set for a November run off between a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" and a 'vicious, vindictive, unfeeling, self serving, malicious, old man with a revenge agenda and a blatant disdain for the American democratic process." Memory not that great either. It's Uncle Joe up against a relative you wouldn't leave alone with the kids ... and certainly not the U.S constitution, for four more years (At least).
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