- Why is this information coming out now rather than before the midterms?
Biden was not a candidate in 2022 elections. To the extent the public should have been notified sooner than later, is not a question of criminality.
-- He wasn't a candidate, but is your assertion here that it's not possible that party interests could be a factor?
- Why didn't the raid of Mar-a-lago prompt Joe to take stock of his own documentation. If he was truly being cooperative, why didn't we learn of these documents around the same time?
Because I assume he was confident no such classified material was not where it should be. I assume every elected official and intelligence officer has done a Spring Cleaning at home after this story broke.
-- This suggests incompetence. This are classified documents, not a winter hat and gloves. You don't misplace classified documents or forget where you put them. These are not your TV remote.
- Why didn't the competent Joe Biden disclose the location of all of the classified documents at the beginning of November?
Disclose to whom? You or the appropriate federal agency? It appears he did notify the appropriate federal agency in a timely and appropriate manner. To my knowledge, Biden has never asserted that it was OK for the classified material to be at his DC office or Delaware home. Quite the contrary.
-- They found new documents yesterday. He did not notify anyone of those documents; they were discovered
The competent Joe Biden had a responsibility to notify someone of the documents they discovered yesterday and he did not do that. The first batch of docs were found (we are told) in early November. We would expect that he notify a federal agency of the location of ALL docs at that time. The competent Joe Biden did not notify the appropriate federal agency in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Why is it that DOJ search and seizures is stumbling across this documentation weeks after the reported initial discovery? Shouldn't we expect that a cooperating and competent Joe Biden would have led them to this documentation weeks ago?
There are no 4th Amendment searches and seizures here because Biden has cooperated and consented to the retrieval of the documents. It is fair to ask whether Biden authorized a through search of any and all documents at any possible location to ensure a completed deep dive. I will wait for the Special Counsel to provide answers to all of the above.
But, I am glad to know that you and other posters suddenly have a new found appreciation for the importance of maintaining tight protocols re classified material, and maintaining accountability. For so many posters here, the rule of law has long been viewed as a fungible commodity that only applied to suckers. But, certainly not to a President or former President.
-- that doesn't in anyway answer the relevant question. You in no way have addressed the timeline of events. You have attempted to redirect the conversation, but you have failed to provide any convincing argument for the gap between the original discovery and the one made yesterday. The best you have been able to do is to argue for incompetence.