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acuet t1_j804uza wrote

Seems a bit of pressure honestly seems odd. Unless Justice Dept really does feel they have something but need someone huge to come forward to validate.

UPDATE 2:55 PM EST: The Hill is now reporting the FBI have official found additional Secret Docs at Pence home this afternoon.

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Chippopotanuse t1_j80ienq wrote

So it is rare that’s the FBI would conduct a search like this. But the FBI is run by a super conservative Trump appointee (Chris Wray) and the FBI isn’t going to search the property of a former Vice President unless they absolutely have the goods.

It is notable that Pence isn’t fighting this.

This has no indications that it is a fishing expedition and every indication the FBI knows what it is looking for.

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gravybang t1_j80jbyt wrote

The FBI searched Biden's home on Wednesday and walked away with nothing. Sounds like they absolutely DIDN'T have the goods and were just trying to level the playing field to prevent cries of "DEEP STATE ONLY HASSLES REPUBLICANS!"

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Chippopotanuse t1_j80k0g5 wrote

  • The FBI has not commented on the search.

  • Biden’s lawyer made a statement that no classified documents were found.

That does not equal “FBI found nothing” or that they were just doing it for optical purposes.

But I can see why you’d press that angle so hard with your obvious bias. Feel free to keep doing so.

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gravybang t1_j80lfa7 wrote

> Biden’s lawyer made a statement that no classified documents were found.

Fair enough. How about "the FBI took for further review some materials and handwritten notes that appear to relate to his time as Vice President, but no documents with classified markings were found."

Is that better? I mean, that statement from Biden's lawyer was checked and was corroborated by at least one senior law enforcement official.

So does that mean the FBI was looking for handwritten notes to review? They knew Biden had handwritten notes and, rather than ask for them, decided to search for them?

Unbiased enough?

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