Leaked 2016 Call Reveals Joe Biden Risked National Security To Sabotage Trump

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 Leaked 2016 Call Reveals Joe Biden Risked National Security To Sabotage Trump
Joe Biden exercised incredibly poor judgement, placing a highly classified counterintelligence operation at risk, and undermined the incoming administration.

By Alex Plitsas
September 17, 2020

A recently leaked phone call between then-Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko directly after the 2016 presidential election shows that Biden sought to sabotage the incoming Trump administration before Donald Trump even took office, and much worse.

During the course of the call, Biden badmouthed the incoming administration, saying, “The truth of the matter is that the incoming administration doesn’t know a great deal about [Ukraine]” and that they were unprepared for the transition. This in itself is inappropriate, but it was meant to set the stage for Biden’s next statement and future plans.

Biden then told Poroshenko, “I don’t plan on going away. As a private citizen, I plan on staying deeply engaged in the endeavor that you have begun and we have begun.” In a matter of moments, Biden undermined the incoming administration, branded them as not knowing anything about Ukraine, and attempted to set up a foreign policy backchannel for himself after he left office as a private citizen, which could violate the Logan Act.

The Logan Act bars private citizens from engaging in U.S. foreign policy, although its constitutionality remains questionable and no person has ever been convicted of violating it since it was signed into law in 1799. Ironically, this is the same act that, at Joe Biden’s suggestion, the FBI accused National Security Advisor Michael Flynn of violating as a result of a discussion Flynn had with the Russian ambassador to the United States around nearly the same time as Biden’s call with Poroshenko.

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[Victoria33]

According to the article, appears Biden was still Vice-President; Trump had not been in the White House; therefore, Biden was not a private citizen at the time the phone call took place.  He said he wasn't going away as a private citizen, but that had not happened.

[Wingnut]

According to the article, appears Biden was still Vice-President; Trump had not been in the White House; therefore, Biden was not a private citizen at the time the phone call took place.  He said he wasn't going away as a private citizen, but that had not happened.

What part of

(he) attempted to set up a foreign policy backchannel for himself after he left office as a private citizen,

do you not understand?   

[Right_in_Virginia]

Also from the article @Victoria33

In the end, it is clear that Biden exercised incredibly poor judgment, placing a highly classified counterintelligence operation at risk; undermined the incoming administration; and attempted to set up a foreign policy backchannel for himself so he could remain involved in U.S-Ukrainian policy even though he was not sanctioned to do so by law.

All of this took place while his son, Hunter Biden, was on the payroll of a Ukrainian energy firm for which he admitted he had no related experience.

Biden is corrupt.

[Wingnut]

Also from the article @Victoria33

Biden is corrupt.

Has been corrupt for years.   He may look like a bumbling idiot but don't let that stupid look on his face fool you. Joe really is a bumbling idiot.  Just one who enriched himself during and after his public service.   

[skeeter]

Also from the article @Victoria33

Biden is corrupt.

Not a disqualifying quality among rats and the rat media.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Has been corrupt for years.   He may look like a bumbling idiot but don't let that stupid look on his face fool you. Joe really is a bumbling idiot.  Just one who enriched himself during and after his public service.

I never bought the "bumbling idiot" Biden act.  Still don't.  He's the kind of man who makes the hair on your neck stand up as a warning whenever you're near him.  The adjective I'd use to describe him is "slimy".