Comment: Or else what, old man?
Joe Biden's presidential campaign has issued a warning to the media cautioning journalists against spreading what he called "debunked" theories about his controversial role in having a Ukrainian prosecutor removed from office.
In the memo first reported by NBC News, Biden's campaign accuses President Donald Trump of "spreading a malicious and conclusively debunked conspiracy theory" that the former VP engaged in wrongdoing when he pressured Ukraine to fire former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
Biden has previously bragged about his role in having Shokin fired, even admitting on camera that he presented an ultimatum to Ukrainian authorities, threatening to withhold a billion-dollar loan guarantee unless the prosecutor was given the boot. It emerged later that Biden's own son Hunter sat on the board of the Burisma energy company which Shokin had been investigating for corruption.
The memo, described as "unusual" by NBC News, demands that "any media organization referencing, reporting on, or repeating" claims that Biden engaged in wrongdoing "must state clearly and unambiguously that they have been discredited and debunked by authoritative sources."
Comment: Politicians think the public will believe anything they tell them. A significant portion proves this to be correct - but what are the rest of us to do, pretend we didn't see Biden implicate himself in stonking corruption on camera??