I get it.  Biden is reacting much differently to the document issue than has Trump, the former being open, as far as we know, and the latter defensive and hostile.  But how can the DOJ prosecute Trump now?  The purest will say that Garland will make a call based on the facts of the case.  No doubt Trump appears much more culpable.  Any prosecution of Trump, however, will need the public to accept the decision, on some level.  Otherwise a critical mass of people will just dismiss the case as politically motivated.  And while Trump supporters would have made that argument in any case, classified documents being found at Biden's office and residence provides a legitimate case of double standard.  Whatever the actual legal aspects of these document cases might be, and few people have any real credibility in evaluating those, the folk who maintain any DOJ prosecution of Trump is politically motivated now have a reasonable argument.

I get it.  Biden is reacting much differently to the document issue than has Trump, the former being open, as far as we know, and the latter defensive and hostile.  But how can the DOJ prosecute Trump now?  The purest will say that Garland will make a call based on the facts of the case.  No doubt Trump appears much more culpable.  Any prosecution of Trump, however, will need the public to accept the decision, on some level.  Otherwise a critical mass of people will just dismiss the case as politically motivated.  And while Trump supporters would have made that argument in any case, classified documents being found at Biden's office and residence provides a legitimate case of double standard.  Whatever the actual legal aspects of these document cases might be, and few people have any real credibility in evaluating those, the folk who maintain any DOJ prosecution of Trump is politically motivated now have a reasonable argument.

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