{"id":3695,"date":"2026-01-11T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:44:07","slug":"tight-knit-politburo-actually-controlled-bidens-presidency-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"Tight-Knit \u2018Politburo\u2019 Actually Controlled Biden\u2019s Presidency: Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former President Joe Biden\u2019s administration faced scrutiny after he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and a new book alleged a secretive inner circle, dubbed \u201cthe Politburo,\u201d ran the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<em>Original Sin<\/em>, co-authors Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper claim longtime aides and Biden family members like Ron Klain, Jill Biden, and Hunter Biden managed daily operations, shielding Biden from key decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book argues this group acted without voter approval, raising concerns over democratic accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An anonymous aide reportedly said the plan for a second term was for Biden to \u201cwin, then disappear,\u201d as unelected staffers governed. The group justified this, claiming Trump posed an \u201cexistential threat\u201d to democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/501083037_122166309392373335_2045929152941798138_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/501083037_122166309392373335_2045929152941798138_n.jpg 940w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/501083037_122166309392373335_2045929152941798138_n-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/501083037_122166309392373335_2045929152941798138_n-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden\u2019s administration faced scrutiny after he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and a new book alleged a secretive inner circle, dubbed \u201cthe Politburo,\u201d ran the presidency. In&nbsp;Original Sin, co-authors Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper claim longtime aides and Biden family members like Ron Klain, Jill Biden, and Hunter Biden managed daily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3697,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions\/3697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}