
Does the classified papers stash make Joe Biden as bad as Trump? Here is the key difference
The IndependentSign 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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'Joe you're fired': Trump revokes Biden's security clearance in a tit-for-tat move
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Trump says he’s ending Biden’s classified intelligence briefings in payback move
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'Very little is known': Expert warns Trump secrets lost with end of classified docs case
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What’s next in the Trump classified documents case?
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Judge in Trump classified docs case grants his request for hearing on key evidence in indictment
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'Get Donald Ttump in trouble!' Trump spells his own name wrong in early morning rant
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Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search
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Trump documents case: Turns out Trump had classified documents in his bedroom, too.
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Trump lashes out after DOJ reveals classified documents were found in ex-president’s bedroom at Mar-a-Lago
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"Stain on the judicial system": Legal experts slam Judge Cannon after damning Trump ruling released
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Classified documents case: Lawyers for Trump will be in a Florida courtroom
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Trump judge issues classified documents order that leaves legal experts baffled
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Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
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Judge rejects bid by Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
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Congressional hearing on Biden classified documents probe turns into proxy campaign battle
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Trump allegedly held onto 70 boxes of classified documents
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Ex-Mueller prosecutor points to glaring problem with Trump filing: 'Going to backfire'
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Biden forms task force to avoid mishandling of classified documents during presidential transitions
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Biden and Trump: How the two classified documents investigations came to different endings
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Special counsel Robert Hur’s Biden comments were a political hit job.
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Biden and Trump: How the two classified documents investigations came to different endings
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'Mark my words': Ex-prosecutor predicts Trump's next legal filing in documents case
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EXPLAINER | Biden and Trump: How the two classified documents investigations came to different endings
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Trump Erupts At Biden Documents Probe Report: ‘Two-Tiered System Of Justice’
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Takeaways from the special counsel’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents
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Special counsel says Joe Biden ‘wilfully’ held on to classified material
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Read the special counsel’s report into Biden classified documents in full
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Biden: 'Pleased' Classified Documents Investigation Recommended No Charges
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Biden 'willfully' disclosed classified materials, but no criminal charges warranted: Special Counsel
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Biden retained classified documents ‘willfully’, finds independent probe; yet, no charges
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Biden 'Willfully' Kept Classified Documents But Won't Face Charges, Special Counsel Says
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Special counsel report concludes Biden willfully retained classified information but will not face charges
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Biden disclosed classified materials, special counsel finds, but no criminal charges warranted
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Biden defends how he handled classified docs after scathing special counsel report
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Special counsel investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says
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Special counsel report on Biden’s handling of classified documents expected to be released soon
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Prosecutors in classified files case say Trump team's version of events 'inaccurate and distorted'
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In new filing, Trump lawyers foreshadow potential lines of defense in classified documents case
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Trump freaks out on the DOJ over government document prosecution
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Biden interviewed as part of the special counsel investigation into handling of classified documents
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Donald Trump took boxes of classified documents home and kept them next to his toilet. Here's why it could land him in jail
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With Trump newly indicted, here’s what to know about the documents case and what’s next
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What charges does Donald Trump face in the classified documents case?
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A pretrial hearing in the Trump classified documents case is set for today
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Trump and his allies try to spin classified documents case with myths and misinformation
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Mike Pence has sudden change of heart over Trump classified documents: ‘I can’t defend it’
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What to expect when Trump appears in federal court in Miami to face felony charges
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The National Security Fallout From the Trump Documents Case Is Still Happening
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Trump, Biden, Pence - who else? Inside the presidential scramble to check for classified documents
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