Which is important to keep in mind since people keep trying to equate ‘oops, here you go’ by Biden with Trump’s intentional refusal to turn over documents leading to it being necessary to have his home searched with a warrant and then claiming the documents were really his.
And that’s the real difference. The law is about “willful retention” not “possession”.
Biden is not in trouble, because he cooperated and turned everything over that was found.
Trump is in trouble, because he lied repeatedly about having documents and where they were stored, so much so that even his lawyers wouldn’t swear that everything had been turned over.
Biden literally could have Alzheimer’s and it wouldn’t fucking matter, as long as he didn’t “willfully retain” any documents. Any talk about his memory is a distraction from the point that Trump actively tried to keep national secrets.
Which is important to keep in mind since people keep trying to equate ‘oops, here you go’ by Biden with Trump’s intentional refusal to turn over documents leading to it being necessary to have his home searched with a warrant and then claiming the documents were really his.
And that’s the real difference. The law is about “willful retention” not “possession”.
Biden is not in trouble, because he cooperated and turned everything over that was found.
Trump is in trouble, because he lied repeatedly about having documents and where they were stored, so much so that even his lawyers wouldn’t swear that everything had been turned over.
Biden literally could have Alzheimer’s and it wouldn’t fucking matter, as long as he didn’t “willfully retain” any documents. Any talk about his memory is a distraction from the point that Trump actively tried to keep national secrets.