Biden confirms he may still opt to protect Trump’s enemies from prosecution, while Trump scrambles to halt sentencing in criminal business fraud caseThe justice department plans to make public special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing his investigation into Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, but not the portion that looks into the classified documents he is accused of hiding at his properties, the Associated Press reports.The department made its intent known in a court filing responding to a decision yesterday by a Florida judge that temporarily halted release of Smith’s report, which is expected to detail the evidence behind the two indictments he brought against the former president.“Who knows what I’m going to be when I’m 86 years old?”, Biden said regarding whether he would have been able to handle another four years in the job. At 82, he is the oldest president ever to serve.Could he have won? “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,” Biden said in the interview.The president made his meeting with Trump sound fairly cordial. “He was very complimentary about some of the economic things I had done. And he talked about − he thought I was leaving with a good record,” Biden said. Continue reading…
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Author : Chris Stein
Publish date : 2025-01-08 15:12:00
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