The special counsel’s Biden report is “entirely inappropriate,” one former prosecutor said.
  • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    9 months ago

    Lot of slamming happening with this one. I’ll point out again though, Trump’s whole classified docs thing would’ve went away if he had simply complied with the archives’ request for the documents to be returned, instead of ignoring them.

    Did Biden receive any such request?

    • Kadaj21@lemmy.world
      104·
      9 months ago

      My recollection is that the secret service or other staff were preemptive and started looking after Trump’s issues began with the documents and reported it and/or turned anything found as soon as it was. Same or similar for Pence too. So there wasn’t a need for the archives to request anything from either.

      • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        9 months ago

        That’s funny, because the archives absolutely asked Trump for the documents back. That’s why we have a problem, that’s the willful part of willful withholding.

        Otherwise he could’ve just given them back and avoided his whole mess.

        I’m not surprised if this isn’t known to everyone, as it’s very much a news bubble thing. His whole line of it being a political hit job falls apart as soon as someone learns he had an opportunity to just fairly give them back and get off scott free.

        • Kadaj21@lemmy.world
          7·
          9 months ago

          Sorry I was meaning Bidens Secret Service or staff went looking after it came to light about Trump holding on to the docs. Yeah if Trump would have just handed the stuff over or at the very least made honest/earnest attempts I’d bet charges would have never happened.

        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          He hadn’t finished copying, selling, and waiving them around while bragging when the archives asked for them back.

    • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      I thought Biden and/or his staff notified the archives and then returned the documents.