There are plenty of similarities — but also a major difference — among the classified-records situations of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and Trump's vice president, Mike Pence.
totaling 11,000 documents from Mar-a-Lago, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office.PENCE: Jacob said the records were discovered on Jan. 16, secured in a locked safe and retrieved by FBI agents on Jan. 19. The four boxes of papers were delivered to the Archives on Jan. 23.
TRUMP: A Trump representative told the National Archives December 2021 that presidential records had been found at Mar-a-Lago, nearly a year after Trump left office. Fifteen boxes of records containing some classified material were transferred to the Archives in January. The search came after lawyers for Trump provided a sworn certification that all government records had been returned.PENCE AND BIDEN: There is no indication either was aware of the existence of the records before they were found and turned over.
On Jan. 12, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate the discovery of documents in Biden's possession. Robert Hur, the former Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Maryland, will lead the investigation. BIDEN: Biden said earlier this month that he was “surprised to learn" that documents had been found at his think tank. He said he didn't know what was in the material but took classified documents “very seriously.”Biden told reporters at the White House Jan. 12 that he was “cooperating fully and completely” with a Justice Department investigation into how classified information and government records were stored.
BIDEN: His document disclosure could intensify criticism by Republicans and others who say that if Trump is guilty of anything, so is he.
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