Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment against President Biden, after Democrats questioned special counsel Robert Hur’s fitness to stand trial. He questioned how nuclear football could be dealt with responsibly.
Since President Dwight Eisenhower took office, military aides have always accompanied the commander-in-chief with a secure briefcase containing nuclear launch options and locations of nuclear launch sites.
desantis told Fox News Hoar, a former federal prosecutor in Maryland, described Biden as “too old and infirm to actually stand trial” for willfully mishandling classified information.
“I think that means it won’t stand trial, but somehow we can get our hands on the nuclear codes,” DeSantis said on “Life, Liberty & Levin.”
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“If that’s the case, why not invoke the 25th Amendment?” he said, citing the amendment ratified after Kennedy’s assassination that codified presidential succession and provided a means to remove incompetent presidents from office. I asked.
DeSantis said the report shows that Biden was more likely to misrepresent documents throughout his administration and that his violations were worse than those of Hillary Clinton, who also was not prosecuted. He also said that this suggests that it is malicious.
The governor said that while Biden has intentionally kept classified information for decades, Clinton was able to access information through a server in her Westchester County, New York mansion, regardless of whether the information contained therein was classified or not. Instead, they claimed they were simply shielding government communications from FOIA and other requirements.
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Similar to the case in which Mr. Biden rejected the recommendation to prosecute Mr. explained the reason for not prosecuting.
”[Clinton] By using this private server, I was willing to risk exposure [but] I think it was even more intentional because Biden was doing this. [as] It’s a practice pattern,” DeSantis told Fox News.
He said Biden had visited several unsecured locations, including an office associated with the University of Pennsylvania in the District of Columbia, and a box on the floor of a building that Hall said was “too battered to move.” He pointed out that he had “distributed” confidential documents. his garage in Greenville, Delaware;
“Clearly they had what they needed if they wanted to move forward and make a recommendation.” [charges]. [He’s n]Of course, the current president. That’s a different issue,” the former 2024 presidential candidate continued.
“But they tip their hat to the fact that this man is virtually incompetent to stand trial. How pathetic is it for our country that this man has the nuclear codes?”
