I’m a bit surprised that the discovery of #Biden’s classified document mishandling didn’t get as much international mention as #Trump’s.
It seems like the appointment of a special council to investigate a sitting president by his own Department of Justice, especially with all of the rhetoric around Trump, would have given that news extra impact.
Ah, well. #Journalism .
(And #USPolitics )
@hasmis right, but Trump’s documents weren’t relocated until he was on his way out of office.
No telling what was overlooked while he was in charge, but this isn’t a case of it!
@volkris I wonder if T or B ever read anything. This is a case of sleepy young aides who also don’t read anything. These days I don’t think you have to brand any paper with a classified stamp, nobody is going to read it. Maybe, a classified tiktok dance – Yo, the ruskies got a fighter, it can fly higher, makes you a crier, whoompa, whoompa. :)
@volkris The appointment was probably just to deflect repub criticism; as only repubs suspect any intent. Now they have nothing to complain about until the investigation is complete, which will probably find no evidence of any wrongdoing, other than shoddy handling of the documents.
The appointment was following well-established procedures that just make common sense: there is an inherent conflict of interest when the DOJ is investigating their boss.
In the US system it’s effectively the president investigating himself.
So the US has developed the idea of special councils to at least try to have some independence when an investigation is deemed substantial.
It should be Congress doing the investigating, though, as that’s why it has independent branches of government providing oversight in the first place.
@volkris The issue wasn’t even raised when Trump controlled Justice. Just saying.. :)