Trump Releases Ad Claiming Osama Bin Laden 'Endorsed' Biden

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4. And PolitiFact is on it already! FALSE CLAIM

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/19/donald-trump-jr/no-osama-bin-laden-did-not-endorse-joe-biden/

When American special operations forces raided bin Laden’s compound in 2011, on Obama’s orders, they found a trove of computer files. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence translated and published the last of that material in 2017. Among the many memos was one where bin Laden called for the assassination of Obama.

"Obama is the head of infidelity, and killing him automatically will make Biden take over the presidency," bin Laden wrote, according to a 2012 Washington Post article. "Biden is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S. into a crisis."

Now, this plot never went far, and officials said this never posed a real risk to Obama. But bin Laden had a poor opinion of Biden.