The revelation that potentially classified material was discovered at offices formerly used by President Biden has prompted comparisons to the seizure of classified documents from the Florida residence of former President Trump. Here's what to know:
of 11,000 documents from Mar-a-Lago, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office.BIDEN: His personal attorneys immediately alerted the White House counsel’s office, who notified NARA, which took custody of the documents the next day, Sauber said.
In August 2022, FBI agents conducting a search retrieved 33 boxes from Mar-a-Lago. The search came after lawyers for Trump provided a sworn certification that all government records had been returned.BIDEN: Despite the discovery of classified materials in a Biden office, there is no indication Biden himself was aware of the existence of the records before they were turned over.
TRUMP: Trump has claimed at times that he declassified the documents that he took with him — though he has provided no evidence of that. He said inin September that a president can declassify material “even by thinking about it.” There are also possible ramifications in a new, GOP-controlled Congress where Republicans are promising to launch widespread investigations of Biden’s administration.
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