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TheBlackAdder

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Mon Jan 9, 2023, 07:58 PM Jan 2023

Here are the stark differences between Trump and Biden classified docs cases: legal experts [View all]

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1) In particular, he cited a statement from Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, who said that "that on the same day the material was discovered, Nov. 2, the White House counsel's office notified the National Archives, which took possession of the materials the following morning.”

2) In fact, the CNN story reveals that the documents have been locked up for five years, there was no request for them from he National Archives, and no flaunting of the documents by Biden. Trump's documents were stored in a pool storage room and there is evidence that he defied multiple requests to return them.

3) In fact, it's entirely possible Biden didn't even know he had them. The FBI wasn't called in to negotiate with anyone on Biden's team for the documents. There was also no search warrant issued for the FBI to search the locked offices for the documents.

4) “The documents were discovered when the President’s personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. The President periodically used this space from mid-2017 until the start of the 2020 campaign. On the day of this discovery, November 2, 2022, the White House Counsel’s Office notified the National Archives. The Archives took possession of the materials the following morning.”


https://www.rawstory.com/biden-documents-not-trump-scandal/


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If Trump had taken the same approach Biden had, Trump wouldn't even be under investigation. W_HAMILTON Jan 2023 #1
yep this is a nothing burger and we should treat it as such samnsara Jan 2023 #2
Thanks elleng Jan 2023 #3
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #4
Biden's case no comparison to Trump refusing to turn over documents. Samrob Jan 2023 #5
Plus there is no proof that Biden did this personally fescuerescue Jan 2023 #6
Statement from White House Counsel's Office on cooperation with the National Archives: LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #7
TY! Cha Jan 2023 #8
I've watched 45 minutes of the evening news on our local Fox affiliate Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #9
It could have been a staffer that put them away and forgot about them FakeNoose Jan 2023 #10
Quoted part of the article said he used it from 2017 through the start of the campaign in 2019 MichMan Jan 2023 #12
The VP office was located at foreign policy "think tank" staffed by his inner circle wishstar Jan 2023 #15
Also no sign that any member of the Biden family recently received $2 billion from the Saudis dflprincess Jan 2023 #11
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2023 #13
seems somebody's trying to justify trumps actions. republianmushroom Jan 2023 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #16
As someone observed uptrend, this is a nothing burger. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #17
Boom! Kingofalldems Jan 2023 #18
As if the right wing knuckle draggers can see the difference. progressoid Jan 2023 #19
✔️ live love laugh Jan 2023 #23
Well, the DOJ is sure moving fast against Biden... SuperCoder Jan 2023 #20
Unfortunately, you know this will have absolutely zero effect on the... thenelm1 Jan 2023 #21
"... there was no request for them from he National Archives..." live love laugh Jan 2023 #22
OH SNAP - THIS TigressDem Jan 2023 #24
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