Does the classified papers stash make Joe Biden as bad as Trump? Here is the key difference
1 year, 8 months ago

Does the classified papers stash make Joe Biden as bad as Trump? Here is the key difference

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch defender of former president Donald Trump, immediately took to right-wing host Tucker Carlson’s Fox News programme to declare that attorney general Merrick Garland “should be impeached” if Mr Garland fails to treat Mr Biden the way Mr Trump was treated after he refused to return classified documents that he’d taken to his Florida home before leaving office. open image in gallery The image included in a US Justice Department court filing on Tuesday against Donald Trump “If then-Vice President Biden took classified documents with him, and held them for years, and criticised former President Trump during that same time that he had those classified documents … I wonder why the press isn’t asking the same questions of him,” he said. Biden confirms second batch of documents found in 'locked garage' Whereas Mr Biden’s lawyers promptly notified the government that they had discovered potential national defence information among papers in his former office, Mr Trump refused to return similar information after being asked to return it. In an interview with Insider, national security law attorney Bradley Moss said Mr Biden’s lawyers “did exactly what you're supposed to do” if you discover documents bearing classification markings.

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