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Ozmose posted...

Agreed. On the other end, if they're going to file charges on Trump, Biden should get the same.

The shady part is that this all happened right before the mid terms and they kept it hushed, while the Trump document story was simultaneously being blasted across every form of media in the country.

As others in this thread have mentioned, there is a large distinction between Biden's situation and Trump's.

Upon discovery, Biden's staff immediately contacted the National Archives and volunteered to return the documents. They discovered the documents themselves and self-reported, cooperated, and in the process have actively searched for more documents to turn over, which is in part how they found the second batch. Reports are quoting roughly two dozen classified documents in Biden's possession, though that figure may climb as they continue to search his properties.

The National Archives had repeatedly over the course of months asked Trump and his staff to turn over classified documents they believed to be in his possession, to which Trump went to great lengths to deny having, lie about having, move the documents to prevent their discovery, and flat-out refused to cooperate or turn the documents over. Documents which numbered in the hundreds and included nuclear secrets.

If negligence and simple possession can warrant charges, then yes. Both Biden and Trump should be treated equally and face the same level of discipline.

However, Trump and his staff's actions in their case have opened them up to a whole host of separate possible charges. Some of them very dire.

The two situations share some similarities, but are not equal to each other's.