Anonymous ID: 253894 July 18, 2024, 6:59 p.m. No.21239613   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9632 >>9732 >>9976 >>0091 >>0154 >>0170

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/jon-tester-becomes-second-democratic-senator-call-biden-drop-out-presidential

Montana Sen. Jon Tester on Thursday night became the second Senate Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to stop his bid for reelection, as questions continue to swirl about the president's ability to lead the country for another four years.

 

Tester joins Vermont Sen. Peter Welch and 20 House Democrats in calling for Biden to stop trying to get a second term in the White House. Biden has pushed back against claims that he is not fit for office, and rejected calls to step aside. But he tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

 

“Montanans have put their trust in me to do what is right, and it is a responsibility I take seriously. I have worked with President Biden when it has made Montana stronger, and I’ve never been afraid to stand up to him when he is wrong,” Tester said in a statement to the Daily Montanan. “And while I appreciate his commitment to public service and our country, I believe President Biden should not seek re-election to another term.” ..

Anonymous ID: 253894 July 18, 2024, 7:48 p.m. No.21240254   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://justthenews.com/accountability/whistleblowers/doj-wants-hide-why-it-spied-congressional-staff-whistleblower-groups

Several major whistleblower groups are fighting the Justice Department’s efforts in federal court to permanently hide why it spied on congressional investigators by obtaining their phone records during a leaks investigation years ago.

 

The whistleblower group, Empower Oversight, whose founder Jason Foster was one of the investigators whose phone records were taken when he was still in a top Senate staffer, had asked a federal judge to unseal the underlying documents that allowed DOJ to acquire the records in 2017.

 

But the government responded recently by saying the records should be permanently sealed and kept from public disclosure, according to a new filing from Empower Oversight.

 

“Rather than cooperate with Empower Oversight to find a way that these records may be released with appropriate redactions, DOJ’s response to Empower Oversight’s motion was to insist on continued (and permanent) secrecy—nearly seven years after the underlying events,” the new filing said.

 

“The only conceivable purpose of this secrecy is to obscure key facts from Congress and the public, thereby undermining the typical presumption of good faith to which DOJ would otherwise be entitled,” it added. “Indeed, DOJ’s demand for total secrecy raises serious suspicions that DOJ opposed Empower Oversight’s request merely to continue concealing its previous disregard for the separation of powers and for the whistleblower protection policy implications of its subpoenas.” ..