Turning Point USA's Benny Johnson was trying to make the point a few days ago that there's a double standard at work here, with Donald Trump being indicted over having classified materials while President Joe Biden also had possession of classified materials, dating back to his days as a senator.
Joe Biden was withholding 1,850 boxes of classified document from when he served as VP with no declassification authority.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 9, 2023
He had boxes at the University of Delaware.
He had boxes in Chinatown, DC.
He had boxes in Pennsylvania.
He had boxes in his wide open garage in…
"… He had boxes in his wide open garage in Delaware.
But no indictment.
Americans want to know why there is a double standard in our justice system?"
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale was quick to put that claim to rest:
Unsurprisingly, this Johnson thing is false.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2023
1) The 1,850 boxes are from Biden's *Senate* years. Senators can do what they want with their docs; he donated them to a college. 2) To date, there's no evidence of *any* classified docs in these boxes. He's let the FBI search twice. pic.twitter.com/2SfsjMXSWu
We'll agree with Dale that Johnson overstated the case when he said there were 1,850 boxes of classified documents.
But, as with Stephen L. Miller, we wondered how Dale picks and chooses which tweets to fact-check:
Daniel Dale went from fact checking presidents, to not fact checking presidents, to fact checking weird online commenters on the right, to deciding "not getting into" fact checking slightly complicated things about the current president again. pic.twitter.com/EeqngMObtQ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 11, 2023
"I won't get into the complicated things of a VP taking classified documents while being a U.S.Senator and having no security clearance or legal authority to do so" because what kind of media fact checker would do such a thing? @ddale8
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 11, 2023
Neither have the ability to legally take or declassify anything. But it's "complicated". Thank you CNN fact checker @ddale8 pic.twitter.com/mwykIfWtzw
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 11, 2023
Ah ok https://t.co/bU1Z5FhG89 pic.twitter.com/Pt2cjkzP2l
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 11, 2023
Dale blocked Miller, but he wasn't done with him yet.
Wildly dishonest criticism as usual.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 13, 2023
Johnson claimed Biden took 1,850 boxes of classified docs from his VP days even though a VP can’t declassify.
I ignored the VP-can’t-declassify claim because these boxes are *not from Biden’s VP days!* VP powers are irrelevant to the lie. pic.twitter.com/SHDXyViXEX
I’m so sorry this is happening to you.
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) June 13, 2023
Thoughts and prayers for you
— Dan Stringer, SEC Pimp (@Danstringer74) June 13, 2023
Show us a single fact check you’ve done on this administration.
— 3Gun Gorilla (@GomesBolt) June 13, 2023
Hey Mr. Fact-Checker, how many grandchildren does Joe Biden have?
— Fitzy¢ent (@fitzyMFNcent) June 13, 2023
Did Beau die in Iraq?
— Comrade O’Brien (@HipsterDoofus64) June 13, 2023
My claim is accurate, as is the claim that you now spend more time fact checking online personalities over the current sitting president. https://t.co/Tvxh3XQkmR
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 13, 2023
Remember when Dan did those rapid fact checks on CNN. What happened to those?
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 13, 2023
We remember when he would fact-check President Trump's speeches live. But yeah, where did Beau die?
Hey, Johnson is acting up again … better get on this one:
17 audio recordings.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 13, 2023
The Bidens got played so hard by the foreign nationals who extorted him that they have 17 AUDIO RECORDINGS documenting the whole thing.
Imagine having a president so corrupt and so dumb— he’s occupying the White House now.
True or false?
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