MIA In Jake Tapper's New Book: The Truth
Jake Tapper's upcoming book about the 2024 Biden campaign completely misses – or deliberately ignores – the foreign influence operation that actually determined the 2024 election
Jake Tapper's forthcoming book "Original Sin" (out tomorrow) promises to deliver the "true story" behind Biden's decline and departure from the 2024 race. From what we can determine from released excerpts, what the book actually delivers is the final chapter in a sophisticated Russian influence operation – one that Tapper himself has now become part of, willingly or not.
The Essential Context: What Really Happened in 2024
To understand the significance of Tapper's book, we need to revisit the pivotal events of 2024. For years, Russian disinformation channels had been amplifying narratives about Biden's age and health.
The June 27th presidential debate became the critical turning point when Biden appeared disoriented and unfocused. Within days, Democratic officials and donors began demanding Biden step aside. By July 21st, Biden withdrew from the race, elevating VP Harris to the nomination. Trump ultimately won the election, returning to power after promising to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
Tapper's book frames this as a simple story: Biden declined cognitively, his team covered it up, and this led to electoral disaster. But yesterday's revelation of Biden's cancer diagnosis completely transforms this narrative.
The Medical Reality Behind the "Decline"
On May 18, 2025, Biden's office announced: "Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone."
This statement contains critical details: The diagnosis of aggressive cancer came in May 2025, not during his presidency. The reference to a "new finding" suggests a progression of an earlier condition - indeed, Biden's previous medical assessments had noted a benign prostate condition that was being routinely monitored, as is common for men his age.
This medical timeline completely undermines Tapper's "cover-up" narrative. The White House wasn't concealing a terminal diagnosis – they were professionally managing a known benign condition that later progressed to cancer, based on the medical information available at each point. This is standard medical practice for prostate issues in older men, not a political conspiracy.
The Manipulated Debate That Changed History
Our technical analysis of the June 27, 2024 presidential debate revealed what millions of Americans instinctively felt: something wasn't right. The production choices systematically disadvantaged Biden in ways too precise to be coincidental:
Audio manipulation stripped Biden's voice of mid-range frequencies, leaving only a thin, hoarse quality that emphasized weakness
Asymmetrical lighting made Biden appear washed-out and elderly while giving Trump a more presidential appearance
Different camera placements and depth-of-field settings emphasized Biden's age while flattening Trump's
A rushed format with rapid-fire questions created disorientation – particularly challenging for someone potentially fighting an undiagnosed illness
This wasn't just bad production – it was a technically sophisticated effort to present two candidates through entirely different visual and audio treatments. What appeared as "Biden's decline" to viewers was, in part, an engineered visual outcome.
Biden's "Mysterious Cold" Was Something Far More Serious
In his ABC interview following the debate, Biden referenced a "mysterious cold" that wasn't COVID, wasn't a viral infection, but left him feeling terrible. His doctors, he claimed, couldn't identify what was wrong.
Yesterday's revelation provides the devastating context: Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer (Gleason score 9) that has metastasized to his bones. This isn't a condition that suddenly appears – it develops over time, with symptoms that might well have manifested during that crucial debate period.
The Disturbing Question of Foreknowledge
Hours after Biden's diagnosis became public, far-right operative Laura Loomer – who some suspect is being fed information by foreign intelligence services – demanded apologies from critics. Why? Because she had claimed last July, immediately after the debate, that Biden was "terminally ill" with "6 months to a year" remaining.
This is particularly suspicious because Biden's previous medical assessments had noted a benign prostate condition. For Loomer to claim terminal illness, she would need intelligence that went beyond the public medical reports that showed only a benign condition being monitored. Did she have access to medical intelligence that showed early signs of cancer progression that weren't yet diagnosed?
Given Loomer was with Trump in the lead-up to the debate, we must ask: if she knew about Biden's health, did Trump also know? And where did it originate? China’s Salt Typhoon cyber operation may have been operational at this time, and Russian disinformation operations were at full force.
This raises an alarming possibility: Did unauthorized parties have access to Biden's medical information before he did? Was detailed health data about the sitting President in the hands of foreign intelligence services and their American assets?
Loomer's apparent foreknowledge isn't just a curiosity – it suggests a potentially catastrophic breach of presidential medical security. If Russian intelligence had access to Biden's health information, it would explain the confidence with which they executed their debate night operation.
But Loomer’s health prediction was not the only sign of foreign intelligence operations using Biden’s health to influence the elections….
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