Joe Biden is going to run for a second term as president in 2024, there’s no denying it. The President has admitted as much to journalists and White House aides but there’s one agency he seems to be avoiding– the Federal Elections Commission (FEC).
However, Biden’s time beating around the bush could be coming to a rapid close. Attorney Dan Backer, who recently secured a $113 thousand fine from Hillary Clinton’s campaign, has his sights set to make Joe Biden pay next. Backer is now representing The Committee to Defeat the President, an anti-Biden PAC, and pressing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to declare Joe Biden a candidate in the 2024 election.
According to PJ Media:
Backer filed a formal complaint with the FEC in October 2021. It asserted President Biden met the definition of a candidate for re-election in 2024 based on his public statements. While the FEC opened an investigation, it has not directed the Biden campaign to correct the situation. By contrast, Backer noted the Trump campaign filed the appropriate paperwork for 2020 on Inauguration Day 2017. Earlier this week, Backer sent another letter asking the FEC to compel Biden to comply with federal law.
The letter reiterates that Biden’s principal campaign committee, Biden for President, and the Biden Victory Fund have failed to amend their Statements of Organization to indicate they are now spending money for political benefit and raising funds for Biden’s 2024 presidential campaign. According to Backer, failure to do so deprives the public of campaign finance information it is entitled to under the law.
According to federal law, candidates must report any funds spent on a campaign. It also changes how the PAC classifies the funds it spends opposing Biden’s re-election. By declaring Biden a candidate, the FEC would allow the Committee to Defeat the President to begin campaigning against Biden through independent expenditure advertising campaigns and report these funds appropriately. According to Backer, if team Biden spends money for a political benefit in 2024, it is not getting reported correctly. Backer adds that since the original complaint, there is additional evidence Biden is a candidate for re-election in 2024.
The United States Code requires each candidate for federal office to designate in writing a political committee to serve as the principal campaign committee for his candidacy within 15 days of becoming a candidate.
When I asked Backer if he really thought Biden would run again, he said, “Any talk of Biden not running in 2024 is Democrat wishful thinking.” He continued, “In short of something awful happening, Biden is the nominee in 2024. He has spent 50 years ruining the country and eyeing this job. He will not exit the race voluntarily.”
Biden has made public comments admitting he expects to run for president as long as he remains in good health. White House aides have also said they fully expect the President to run for a second term in the White House.
The FEC has the proof so what’s the hold up?
