78-year-old Joe Biden coughed his way through a press conference where he prematurely declared victory on Monday evening.

After coughing and clearing his throat dozens of times, Biden wrapped up his short speech and walked away from the lectern.

Jill Biden came out and the two had a very awkward embrace before a reporter started shouting questions about Hunter Biden.

The mainstream media has decided to report on the federal investigation into Hunter Biden's criminal dealings with China and other countries now that Election Day is behind us.

The media claimed the Hunter Biden story was merely "Russian disinformation" but now that the election is over, they've been given the green light by their masters to report on the story.

"When did you learn your son was under investigation?" a reporter yelled as Joe Biden began to shuffle away.

Joe got triggered, turned around and snapped back at the reporter.

"Thanks for the... congratulations. Appreciate it," Biden said before shuffling away.

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President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press on Monday. "The Sunday Times is to be read on a Sunday in a dressing gown,""You know, there is fake information, and there are other stories that can be summed up with the capacious English word - bulls**t. I'll say no more."

The allegations were vehemently denied by the region's chief toxicologist, Alexander Sabaev, who was ultimately responsible for the treatment of the stricken Moscow protest leader. Sabaev called the story "fake news," noting that nobody was allowed into Navalny's ward.

The piece has been widely ridiculed, with even the usual anti-Russian voices staying remarkably quiet on the issue, while Western media reporters in Moscow have ignored the story almost entirely. Notably, The Sunday Times' own correspondent has not promoted the piece or even mentioned it on his usually busy Twitter feed.

The Sunday Times, known for being close to British spooks, cited anonymous Western intelligence officials as the source of its lengthy piece.

Britain's Sunday Times, which has been known for years as being close to British spooks, didn't name its source, instead presenting a feeble argument with lots of padding.

The chief toxicologist of the Omsk Region, Alexander Sabaev, denied that outsiders had access to the activist, branding the accusation "fake news" and a made-up story. "No one except medical professionals had access to [his ward]. This is all fiction - from beginning to end," Sabaev explained. "There was no poisoning, either initial or secondary. This is fake news."

The Sunday Times' article was even attacked by liberal Moscow journalist Alexey Venediktov, who said it was so absurd that one might think it was planted by the Russian officials themselves to discredit the idea he was poisoned at all. However, the newspaper did make it clear that it was quoting Western intelligence.

Doesn't say much for Western 'intelligence'. Makes one wonder is there such a thing?

The article also linked the alleged attack on Navalny to that on Grigory Rasputin, a Russian mystic supposedly poisoned in 1916 by Prince Felix Yusupov, the husband of Tsar Nicholas II's niece. "Russia's penchant for poisoning goes back long before Putin," the article reads. "In tsarist days, legend has it that Prince Yusupov fed cyanide to Rasputin in cakes and a glass of Madeira wine, hoping to kill him."

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