Obama refuses to say if he is looking for classified documents – as The New York Times claims Biden documents make Trump prosecution more difficult
- Barack Obama’s spokesman on Tuesday declined to answer Fox News when asked if he was searching his homes for classified documents
- Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Mike Pence have all admitted keeping classified documents in their homes, which is against the law
- Trump and Biden’s actions are being investigated by special counsel; The New York Times said Biden’s actions could now make it more difficult to prosecute Trump
Barack Obama’s spokesman on Tuesday declined to say whether the former president searched his homes for classified documents, as The New York Times reported that prosecuting Donald Trump for misuse of files could be complicated by Joe Biden’s own classified mess.
As the saga of classified documents grows – Trump has been trailing behind for 15 months and is now being investigated by a special counsel; Biden said he had “no regrets” but five searches have now turned up documents — on Tuesday it was revealed Mike Pence, the former vice president, had found classified documents at his own home in Indiana.
Obama’s communications director, Hannah Hankins, was asked by Fox News Tuesday if he was also searching his homes.
“We don’t have anything for you at the moment,” she told the broadcaster.
Barack Obama is seen at a rally for Senator Raphael Warnock in Atlanta December 1. The former president’s spokeswoman declined to say if he is now checking to see if classified material was mistakenly kept in his own homes
Joe Biden (left) and Donald Trump (right) are both under investigation by special counsel for their handling of classified information
George W. Bush’s office said he turned over all classified documents when he left the White House.
Some legal experts have now concluded that Biden’s clumsy handling of the classified material could complicate the charge against Trump — though the cases appear to vary widely.
Biden and his team alerted the Justice Department to the existence of the files and turned them over while Trump spent months arguing about the circumstances of his own papers.
“Politically, it effectively stopped former President Donald J. Trump from hoarding classified papers,” wrote Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for the New York Times.
David Axelrod, a former senior Obama adviser, told Baker that while Trump’s actions and Biden’s were dramatically different, “in the court of public opinion” they could be considered the same.
At least a few documents were found in Biden’s garage at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden’s sons Beau and Hunter converted the car for him
A box labeled “Important Documents + Photos” appears to have been left unsealed on a table at President Joe Biden’s Delaware home
Pictured are some of the secret documents found in Mar-a-Lago after the August 8 raid
The latest poll shows American voters believe both Biden and Trump are to blame — though most admit Trump’s actions were more outrageous.
Among those polled by ABC News and Ipsos, 77 percent said Trump acted improperly when handling classified documents, and 64 percent said Biden did so.
Trump is using the moment to downplay his own behavior and insist he is being treated unfairly. glove treatment.’
Stanley M. Brand, a Washington, DC attorney who previously served as General Counsel to the House of Representatives, told the newspaper Trump could contest the trial.
“There’s also the issue of selective prosecution: treating similar cases differently based on a suspect classification or criteria,” Brand said, adding that Attorney General Merrick Garland is now in the complicated position of being appointed by Biden and to monitor the special case Attorney investigates against him.
“I would argue that he was conflicted as the President’s appointee,” he said.
“A conflict that cannot be resolved by appointing a Special Counsel as he retains ultimate responsibility under DOJ regulation.”