Jack Smith says Trump’s handling of classified docs was far worse than Biden’s

by Rock-n-roll-Kevin

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  1. We know this of course we know this. Did I sleep through some time warp?

  2. > **The defendants have not identified anyone who has engaged in a remotely similar suite of
    willful and deceitful criminal conduct and not been prosecuted. Nor could they.** Indeed, the
    comparators on which they rely are readily distinguishable. For example, their primary comparator
    is Joseph R. Biden, whose conduct is described in the recently issued Report of the Special Counsel
    on the Investigation Into Unauthorized Removal, Retention, and Disclosure of Classified
    Documents Discovered at Locations Including the Penn Biden Center and the Delaware Private
    Residence of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., by Special Counsel Robert K. Hur (“Hur Report”).
    But as the Hur Report itself recognizes, “several material distinctions between Mr. Trump’s case
    and Mr. Biden’s are clear.” Hur Report at 11; id. at 250. **Most notably, Trump, unlike Biden, is
    alleged to have engaged in extensive and repeated efforts to obstruct justice and thwart the return
    of documents bearing classification markings. And the evidence concerning the two men’s
    intent—whether they knowingly possessed and willfully retained such documents—is also starkly
    different**, as reflected in the Hur Report’s conclusion that “the evidence falls short of establishing
    Mr. Biden’s willful retention of the classified Afghanistan documents beyond a reasonable doubt.”
    Hur Report at 204 (capitalization altered); see id. at 250 (“Unlike the evidence involving Mr.
    Biden, the allegations set forth in the indictment of Mr. Trump, if proven, would clearly establish
    not only Mr. Trump’s willfulness but also serious aggravating facts.”). The defendants’ request for
    discovery on a selective prosecution theory can be denied on this basis alone.

    https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.337.0_1.pdf

  3. >“Trump, unlike Biden, is alleged to have engaged in extensive and repeated efforts to obstruct justice and thwart the return of documents bearing classification markings,” Harbach added. “And the evidence concerning the two men’s intent — whether they knowingly possessed and willfully retained such documents — is also starkly different.”

    Trump is such a narcissistic (enter the c-word here).

  4. Hey Biden give em back yer not allowed to have those

    Oh shit sorry, here they all are, search anywhere, come right now

    Hey Trump give em back yer not allowed to have those

    crickets

    Hey Trump give em back yer not allowed to have those

    crickets

    Hey Trump give em back yer not allowed to have those

    crickets

    Hey Trump give em back yer not allowed to have those

    I got some, let me look, I’m allowed to have these ones

    No, give them all back

    Okay here they are

    Is that all of them

    Yes

    Hey Trump there are still some missing, give em back yer not allowed to have those

    crickets

    Okay search Mar a Lago

    HOW DARE YOU RAID MAR A LAGO

    Holy shit look at what he had, he is FUCKED, charge him

    —————–

    Yes, Trump was worse.

  5. “See as president I could have declassified it,” Trump says. “Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret.”

    “Now we have a problem,” his staffer responds.

    “Isn’t that interesting,” Trump says.

  6. Isn’t mishandling classified documents illegal by anyone?

  7. Every sane person knows these cases are not comparable. One person was driving one mile an hour over the speed limit on the interstate and the other went 100 through a school zone.

  8. Both seem pretty bad to me, but I guess I’m weird about how I think classified documents should be moved around and stored. At least Biden wasn’t being a ridiculous pissbaby about the whole thing like Trump, and, yknow, probably not fucking selling secrets to the highest bidder.

  9. Far worse doesn’t fully reflect Jack Smith’s response:

    “The defendants have not identified anyone who has engaged in a remotely similar suite of willful and deceitful criminal conduct and not been prosecuted. Nor could they,” assistant special counsel David Harbach wrote.
    “Trump, unlike Biden, is alleged to have engaged in extensive and repeated efforts to obstruct justice and thwart the return of documents bearing classification markings,” Harbach added. “And the evidence concerning the two men’s intent — whether they knowingly possessed and willfully retained such documents — is also starkly different.”

  10. He’s a fucking broke ass grifter .Trump is a cancer.He has no money

  11. Let’s do this already. Put the orange stain in jail then.

  12. Biden didn’t sell secrets to Russia and Saudi Arabia, for one thing.

  13. well obviously. it’s frustrating such bullshit false equivalences even have to be addressed.

  14. We have no clue the extent of the crime. But we already know it’s very very bad and the attempt to cover it up was overt. It can only get worse from here.

  15. Biden didn’t sell to anyone, tump hawked them to anyone who would pay.

  16. Trump had his lackey drain the swimming pool to FLOOD THE SERVER ROOM, which was the same room they suspiciously steered investigators away from. Trump has a history of conveniently losing documents to flooding.

    The dude stole national secrets, is already on tape revealing them to people who shouldn’t have access, lied about having them, and lied about having returned all of them.

    He obstructed the investigation into his theft of top secret material. He’s also facing half a billion dollars in legal penalties. Do the math.

  17. And the far left thinks Biden is just as bad as Trump, will continue to have Trumps maniac behavior paraded in front of them, but still cling on to the Jill Steins as if she is the fucking answer and preach they will not help prevent Trump from getting elected. The evidence is staggering that this fucking asshole should be nowhere near a nuclear football. 

  18. Yep. There’s a reason were not mad at Pence for doing this.

    We’re mad at him for all the other horrible shit he did.

  19. “There has never been a case in American history in which a former official has engaged in conduct remotely similar to Trump’s,”

    This should be in a campaign ad

  20. Every secret document he had was marked “signed out to WH”. There is a strict chain of custody. They know EVERY missing doc and what was in it.

    Biden had a few items in the garage and some notes. He co operated, the orange guy lied, stonewalled, moved documents, and no doubt sold many of them.

    Agents disappeared. Technical hacks disappeared. The true damage must be immense.

    Benedict Arnold and Major Andre were traitors. Trump is an actual enemy agent.

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