Letter to Inspector General of DOD, seeking prosecution of Joseph Biden under 18 USC 704 Military Medals and Decorations
Posted on | December 18, 2022 | 4 Comments
Law Offices of Orly Taitz
29839 Santa Margarita
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
ph. 949-683-5411 fax 949-683-5411
Attention Sean O’Donnell
Inspector General of the Department of Defense
4800 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA 22350-1500
Request for criminal investigation and prosecution of Joseph Biden under 18 U.S. Code § 704 – Military medals or decorations
Dear Mr. O’Connell,
18 U.S. Code § 704 – Military medals or decorations states as follows:
(a)In General.—
Whoever knowingly purchases, attempts to purchase, solicits for purchase, mails, ships, imports, exports, produces blank certificates of receipt for, manufactures, sells, attempts to sell, advertises for sale, trades, barters, or exchanges for anything of value any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the armed forces of the United States, or any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, or the ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration or medal, or any colorable imitation thereof, except when authorized under regulations made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(b)Fraudulent Representations About Receipt of Military Decorations or Medals.—
Whoever, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds oneself out to be a recipient of a decoration or medal described in subsection (c)(2) or (d) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(c)Enhanced Penalty for Offenses Involving Congressional Medal of Honor.—
(1)In general.—
If a decoration or medal involved in an offense under subsection (a) is a Congressional Medal of Honor, in lieu of the punishment provided in that subsection, the offender shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(2)Congressional medal of honor defined.—In this subsection, the term “Congressional Medal of Honor” means—
(A)
a medal of honor awarded under section 7271, 8291, or 9271 of title 10 or section 491 [1] of title 14;
(B)
a duplicate medal of honor issued under section 7284, 8306, or 9284 of title 10 or section 504 1 of title 14; or
(C)
a replacement of a medal of honor provided under section 7277, 8303, or 9277 of title 10 or section 501 1 of title 14.
(d)Enhanced Penalty for Offenses Involving Certain Other Medals.—
(1)In general.—
If a decoration or medal involved in an offense described in subsection (a) is a distinguished-service cross awarded under section 7272 of title 10, a Navy cross awarded under section 8292 of title 10, an Air Force cross awarded under section 9272 of title 10, a silver star awarded under section 7276, 8294, or 9276 of title 10, a Purple Heart awarded under section 1129 of title 10, a combat badge, or any replacement or duplicate medal for such medal as authorized by law, in lieu of the punishment provided in the applicable subsection, the offender shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
As shown in Exhibit 1, Washington Post Article from December 16, 2022, President Joseph Biden yet again engaged in an outrageous lie. This time his pathological lying involved an award of Purple Heart, and he did so with an intend of getting “value”, namely votes of members of the military and veterans in the upcoming 2024 election in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 704 – Military medals or decorations (a), (b) and (c), which requires a penalty and an imprisonment of not more than a year.
Specifically, on December 16, 2022 Mr. Biden appeared before US veterans and fabricated a story that when he became the US Vice-President (in 2008), his father told him that his uncle Frank won the Purple Heart for the Battle of the Bulge, but never got it, and that Biden, as vice-president, should get it for him and award it to him. Biden stated that he indeed awarded his uncle the purple heart, which his uncle previously won, but did not get earlier.
Of Course, this was a fraudulent statement, as Biden’s father died in 2002 and his uncle Frank died in 1999. Both died long before Biden became the vice-president in 2008, and there is no record of Biden’s uncle ever winning the Purple Heart and ever being awarded one.
Conclusion
President Joseph Biden has violated 18 U.S. Code § 704 – Military medals or decorations (a), (b) and (c), which requires a penalty and an imprisonment of not more than a year
Respectfully submitted
/s/ Dr. Orly Taitz, ESQ
12.18.2022
Exhibit 1
Biden claims his uncle Frank won Purple Heart but story doesn’t add up
By
Steven Nelson and
December 16, 2022 2:10pm
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President Biden claimed Friday that his uncle Frank Biden won the Purple Heart for his actions during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II — but there’s no evidence of the award and key details of the story are chronologically impossible.
The 80-year-old commander-in-chief has a habit of sharing false or embellished personal anecdotes to build a connection with his audiences and told his latest apparent tall tale during largely unscripted remarks to veterans in Delaware.
“My dad, when I got elected vice president [in 2008], he said, ‘Joey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.’ He was not feeling very well now — not because of the Battle of the Bulge, but he said, ‘and he won the Purple Heart and he never received it. He never got it. Do you think you could help him get it? We will surprise him,’” the president recalled.
“So I got him the Purple Heart. He had won it in the Battle of the Bulge. And I remember he came over the house and I came out and [my father] said, ‘Present it to him, okay?’ We had the family there,” Biden went on.President Biden said Friday that his uncle Frank Biden won the Purple Heart.AFP via Getty Images
“I said, ‘Uncle Frank, you’ve won this and I wanted to —’ and he said, ‘I don’t want the damn thing.’ No, I’m serious, he said, ‘I don’t want it.’ I said, ‘What’s the matter, Uncle Frank? You earned it.’ He said, ‘Yeah, but the others died. The others died. I lived. I don’t want it.’”
Biden told the story apparently to make a point about the humility of veterans, but the known facts indicate it’s not true.
Biden’s father, Joseph R. Biden Sr., died in September 2002 — more than six years before his son was elected vice president. Frank Biden, Joe Sr.’s brother, died in 1999.
Biden spoke extemporaneously during his Friday remarks in Delaware.AFP via Getty Images
The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. The Defense Department referred questions to the Army — the military branch in which Frank Biden served — but the Army did not immediately respond.
Frank Biden’s tombstone does not identify him as a Purple Heart honoree, nor does his obituary. A partial registry of known Purple Heart recipients also doesn’t note anyone by that name receiving the award, though that database is not comprehensive.
The Post’s librarians could not locate prior references to Frank Biden receiving the Purple Heart, which recognizes wounded and killed soldiers, in the Nexis archive and the Factba.se repository of Joe Biden’s public statements also doesn’t contain prior references.
Frank Biden died in 1999, making President Biden’s story factually impossible.NCA U.S. Department of Veterans
The tale involving Biden’s uncle is similar to another emotionally impactful but false story told by then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2019 — this one involving a Navy captain supposedly refusing to accept a Silver Star for his heroism in Afghanistan. A Washington Post fact check from the time said Biden “jumbled elements of at least three actual events into one story of bravery, compassion, and regret that never happened.”
Biden made other dubious remarks Friday, including telling veterans that “twice as president” he had been “in and out of Afghanistan and Iraq and those areas” — despite never visiting Afghanistan and Iraq as president and getting no closer than the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, almost 300 miles from the Iraqi border.
Biden is the oldest-ever US president and his mental acuity frequently is a matter of public debate — particularly after he asked “Where’s Jackie?” as he searched for the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) in September, despite publicly mourning her death and even calling her family to offer his condolences in August. Multiple times this year, Biden has incorrectly said that his son Beau Biden died in Iraq.
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December 18th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
I hope you post any response you get!
Will be interesting.
December 20th, 2022 @ 11:04 pm
Dr. Orly, is his name O’Donnell or O’Connell??
December 22nd, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
Dr. Taitz, Thank you for this information. Hopefully others will see the light with this. This is very respectful to our veterans. We wish more of our citizens were as American as You!
Dave and Vita
December 22nd, 2022 @ 8:09 pm
It was O’Donnell but since December 6 it’s a guy called Storch