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I hope Pence never touches power again, but I don’t feel this was nefarious. I’m sure that Cheney, Bush and Obama will all get swept soon and stuff will be found.
Tell me again about Biden having classified docs and how he totally hasn't fully cooperated with the proper authorities. >

But but hunter biden's laptop?! >

Oh shit! I forgot about the laptop. It's full of buttery males dicks. >

That a blind repairman man found! >

Direct link to the clip, which has aged like milk >

The head nod after “I did not” >

Conflicting body language like (nodding yes while saying no/vise versa) this is a pretty big sign someone is lying. >

Tells like that are wrong as often as they are right. >

Yeah, looking for one little thing like that is usually problematic. What's actually telling in that clip is how much he fidgets and seems uncomfortable when he's usually robotic. Deviating from normal behaviors is the most reliable tell. >

See, I saw the head nod first and thought “huh”…
Then I saw that he was getting fidgety, and his foot was tapping quite a bit. Then I started to give that original “huh” a little more thought… >

You can see the same thing when MTG was questioned about 1/6 and her duties as a congresswoman if you're interested. >

I think the key takeaway here is there needs to be better accounting for these documents. Better documentation of who has what, thorough searches as a matter of course, active retention. Clearly what is in place isn’t working, and at this point they should be searching the properties of anyone that had access to high-level classified information just as a matter of diligence. Even if the government has a tendency to over-classify, there should be no exceptions, otherwise what’s the point? >


Even if the government has a tendency to over-classify, there should be no exceptions, otherwise what’s the point?

Exactly. Clearly classification is not being treated as seriously as it should be by ANYONE. There's another issue about intent and lying and such, but it is another issue different from mishandling classified materials. >

If Barack Obama doesn’t have a team of lawyers searching EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE right this minute, he should start. >

Yup. Hell, extend it as far as it can go. Lets see what Cheney is sitting on too. >

FBI raid on Jimmy Carter is up next >

Colbert had a great joke last night. Basically he said "At this point we need to be searching everyone. Clearly people have been just hoarding classified material when leaving office with reckless abandon. I saw we look at Jimmy Carter next, I know what he's been doing building all those houses!"
And then it cuts to Jimmy Carter insulating the walls of habitat for humanity houses with classified documents. >

Seth Myers joke, no? Maybe both >

Was definitely in Colbert's monologue last night. Maybe both though. >

Just watched Colbert’s monologue, you are correct (obvi). Seth Myer’s joke is a little different but same premise. >

Pence is wet garbage, but given that this was a self-report situation similar to Biden, there's probably some doubt benefit in this one case. Until given reason to believe otherwise the takeaway here is probably that the lower level of classified documents aren't moved around as securely as we think and they can get lost in the shuffle.
Comparing this, Biden's situation, and Trump's, the big deal seems to be the obstruction and deflection, which only seems to be coming from Trump. I guess we'll see how it plays out and maybe Pence is doing more than he's letting on here but this might've been closer to being wrong than being a liar, for once. >

I feel like this is the most likely scenario.  Pence is a trash human and his political views are fucked, but I don't think he's the, steal government secrets for nefarious means, type. >

Yes, while Trump clearly did knew he had classified docs and wanted to keep them, and the right is predictably invested in making the Biden situation appear equally nefarious, Pence, for all his many faults, is a rock solid candidate for someone neither side genuinely believes would do this deliberately.