Biden’s Document Mess.
January 12, 2023
Glen Turpening
More documents classified documents are popping up in President Biden’s former offices creating a headache. (CNN )
President Biden
President Joe Biden’s embarrassment over classified documents found in his former offices is spiraling into a major political crisis that threatens to undermine the case for Donald Trump to be charged for his own hoarding of secret material.
The revelation that another set of secret documents dating from Biden’s time as vice president were found at a second location immediately fueled Republican claims that the ex-president is being treated unfairly as he is investigated by a special counsel over classified information found at Mar-a-Lago.
While Trump’s retention of hundreds of documents and attempts to thwart their transfer to the National Archives as required by law appears more serious at this stage, Biden’s deepening troubles are offering a huge opening to the new pro-Trump House majority. The GOP is already moving to unleash an investigative machine designed to prove their long-held belief that Democrats have weaponized the federal government and intelligence agencies against conservatives – and to create the appearance of equivalence between Trump’s behavior as president and the actions of Biden and his circle.
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Classified documents in personal possession are creating headaches for former President Trump as well as President Biden. Attorney General Merrick Garland now has a monumental task of deciding whom if any one to indict on charges of violating Federal law pertaining to the retention of such documents. The issue directly affects a sitting President and a former President thus the decision will be monumental and extraordinarily difficult to make.