More classified documents discovered at President Biden’s home: Why we’re tempted to pull ourselves up by dragging others down
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🗓️ 13 January 2023
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After a second batch of classified documents was found in the garage at President Biden's home in Delaware, pressure on the president continues to escalate with many comparing his mistakes to those of former President Trump. Politics is hardly the only place where we see that pattern, though. Why is it that we are tempted to pull ourselves up by dragging others down? And what does God's word have to say on the subject?
Author: Ryan Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, January the 13th, 2023. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article, written by Denison Forum Senior Editor for Theology, Dr. Ryan Denison. |
| 0:16.0 | After a second batch of classified documents was found in the garage at President Biden's home in Delaware. |
| 0:22.1 | Attorney General Merrick Garland announced yesterday that Robert Hur has been appointed to serve as a special |
| 0:28.4 | counsel and lead the investigation into the mishandling of documents. |
| 0:33.1 | Her, a veteran prosecutor who worked in the Trump administration was chosen, in part, to demonstrate |
| 0:39.4 | impartiality by the Justice Department. Given the already heated nature of the discourse |
| 0:44.7 | surrounding the president, proceeding with an awareness of public perception was wise. It remains to be |
| 0:51.2 | seen, however, if any such efforts can stymie the allegations of partiality |
| 0:56.1 | that have already begun to flow from Republican leaders. |
| 0:59.3 | Representative James Comer of Kentucky, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, |
| 1:04.1 | promised that his committee would continue to look into the matter even after a special counsel was named. |
| 1:09.5 | And former President Donald Trump was quick to ask, |
| 1:12.6 | when is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House? |
| 1:17.4 | The comparisons to the raid on Mara Lago, after Trump left the White House with at least 48 boxes |
| 1:23.4 | of material containing upwards of 300 classified documents have been among the most pronounced |
| 1:29.5 | points of contention from Republicans. As Declan Garvey and Esther Eaton write for the dispatch, |
| 1:36.4 | Trump has a fresh target across the aisle for finger-pointing as he downplays his own |
| 1:41.8 | mishandling of presidential and classified documents. |
| 1:45.0 | And as they go on to argue, that desire to pull oneself up by dragging others down |
| 1:50.0 | is among the most universally damning aspects of this story. |
| 1:54.1 | In that same dispatch article, Klon Kitchin, a senior fellow and national security expert |
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