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A two-fer about the Ashley Biden diary
Frontpage Magazine:

Where Are All the Raids of Dem Media Outlets That Published Stolen Materials?
One of the uglier sign points in the decline of journalism and general ethics was the repeated description of published stolen material as "leaked". There was some defense when the media described material stolen by insiders as "leaked", but then the term became commonplace for calling documents stolen by hackers as leaks.

Take the recent hack of the Oath Keepers.

And the thesis:

The Project Veritas raids have to be seen in the context of a media that normalized stealing and publishing people's private information, either for political reasons or for clicks, and yet insists that the line has to be drawn when the targets, Clinton's people or Biden's people, are on their side of the political line. Making that argument is just hypocrisy, backing it up with state authority is weaponizing the FBI to suppress a form of journalism that they accepted as legitimate until they fell afoul of it, much like hidden-camera investigations and Planned Parenthood.

Very good call - OK for us but not for youse guys...

Second: New York Post:

This sure looks like Biden’s DOJ persecuting an opposition journalist
You don’t have to be a fan of James O’Keefe’s style of journalism to be worried about how the government is reacting to it.

The FBI and Manhattan federal prosecutors are investigating the case of Ashley Biden’s diary: The president’s daughter says it was stolen in a burglary last year; an obscure right-wing Web site wound up publishing what it said are pages from it about 10 days before the election.

O’Keefe says someone shopped the diary to his Project Veritas, claiming Biden had left it somewhere. His outfit didn’t use it (in part because it couldn’t verify it), and he says he informed law enforcement of the whole thing.

And then there is this:

He’s also outraged that the feds urged him not to go public with the subpoenas, but someone dropped a dime to The New York Times, which started calling for comment an hour after the first raids Thursday morning.

And their thesis:

Journalists can’t be prosecuted for publishing stolen material unless they were part of the theft. And the theft in question hardly seems to rise to a federal crime.

And shield laws normally mean law enforcement can’t make reporters reveal a thing about their sources, even if they didn’t publish anything.

Journalists regularly publish material that has been leaked or even taken — consider the Times running President Trump’s tax returns. Unless the feds know something about Veritas sanctioning the burglary, the diary does not warrant pre-dawn raids. It has all the marks of a political vendetta.

That’s not at all a good look for a Biden Justice Department already in ill repute for intimidating parents who just ask questions at school-board meetings.

A couple of great points.  This regime is overstepping the bounds of the law.
Words fail...

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