Second Batch Of Classified Biden Documents Found

[naomi24]

//US President Joe Biden's aides have found a fresh batch of classified government records at a second location, in a growing political embarrassment for the White House.

The first cache was found at a private office in Washington DC that Mr Biden used after his vice-presidency.

The matter is under review by the US Department of Justice.

Former President Donald Trump is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly mishandling classified files.//

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64244007

There's a lot if it about.

[royfromaus]

This one will be fine.

[Redhelen72]

Does it make any difference that Biden is still in office and Trump was not?

[youngmafbog]

But where are the howls for impeachment and prosecution? Where are the searches of Bidens property, Jills underwear drawer and confiscation of passports?

In fact, where are the FBI?

Biden was a VP at the time shouldn't have had them. At least Trump was within the (what I think is a ridiculous) law and could de-classify at will.

[youngmafbog]

//Does it make any difference that Biden is still in office and Trump was not?//

Yes, he can control the FBI.

Personally I dont understand why anyone can take such documents home.

[douglas9401]

Get back to us when President Biden incites revolt.

Thanks.

[Redhelen72]

I think it has been proven in the past that the President thinks he controls the FBI but doesn't really.

[THECORBYLOON]

This link compares the actions taken in the two cases.

https://archive.ph/JE7Fe

[youngmafbog]

//Get back to us when President Biden incites revolt.//

Why? That is an entirely different subject. Stop trying to deflect.

[Canary42]

Obviously planted.

[youngmafbog]

Of course, twice.

[douglas9401]

Oh stop being so precious bog, your rabble rouser lost, get over it.

[Gromit]

It sounds like Biden legally had the documents, no one is accusing him of stealing them.
They are supposed to be carefully looked after while in the possession of the Vice President.
So he is just being accused of being a bit careless. When the error was noticed by the Biden team, the documents were returned to the national archive (who apparently hadn’t missed them).
There had been no requests for their return, no supeanas, search warrants or searches of the property.

[ZebuSanctuary]

Let us face it. The reality is that whether 'in office' or 'out of office', US presidents are immune from prosecution!

So whatever offences have been committed regarding the alleged mishandling of classified documents by Trump and Biden, the latter in my view, was by oversight.

The concern here is simply can it be proved that Trump's actions are so reprehensible that he'll be disbarred from running in the 2024 elections?

Don't hold your breath over the American court system applying appropriate sanctions even if Trump is guilty of destroying and/or mutilating official docs without the consent of the United States Archivist.

[Peter Pedant]

Where are the searches of Bidens property, Jills underwear drawer

calm down, just calm down, They volunteered twice wh means that there is no intention to deceive or conceal. So the expectation is that Jill underwear drawer just has undies in it

Trump - said he hadnt, and then tried to conceal

obv different

[royfromaus]

See, I told you this would be fine, naomi.

[douglas9401]

Anyway, never mind all that, where's Kamala Harris?

[royfromaus]

Do you think he's being told to not stand next time, douglas?

[douglas9401]

I don't have an opinion roy, I'm just here for the laughs.

[royfromaus]

Don't know if these work without the original tweet...

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1613339820192940032/pu/vid/826x502/glVR84GNPLKOf7N8.mp4?tag=12

[jno]

it seems he and his team have found them, notified the authorities and handed the records over.

I don't recollect that Trump was quite so eager to do the right thing.