The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin wants us all to pay attention to this opinion piece in Politico arguing that President Joe Biden having classified documents in his garage is less like Donald Trump’s having classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and more like Hillary Clinton’s case, which involved a whole lot more that just mishandling classified materials.
THIS: Opinion | Biden’s Documents Case Isn’t Similar to Trump’s. It’s Really Like Hillary’s. https://t.co/CDl5MvqoHJ via @politico
— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 15, 2023
Renato Mariotti thinks that’s both good and bad news for the president. Check this out:
Based on what we know now, Biden’s sloppy retention of a smattering of classified documents looks more like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s inadvertent retention of classified material on a private email server than former President Donald Trump’s stubborn refusal to return hundreds of classified documents to the DOJ despite repeated demands from federal officials.
OK, we’re already done with this. Clinton’s “inadvertent retention of classified material on a private email server.” How is it inadvertent when she went out of her way to set up a private email server so that all of her communications would fall outside of FOIA laws? President Barack Obama said he learned about the private email server from the news, even though her private email address had been whitelisted by the White House and he’d been emailing back and forth with her.
And inadvertent retention? How about the “inadvertent” deletion of 33,000 emails about yoga and her daughter’s wedding plans?
“Like the Clinton investigation, it’s not clear that this matter meets even the low bar for initiation of a criminal investigation,” continues Mariotti. Seriously?
Fair point. Trump had the power to declassify docs and VP Biden/SoS Clinton didn't.
— Joe Colangelo (@Itsjoeco) January 16, 2023
Trump also routinely used MarLago as a meeting place and the location had proper locks approved by the FBI and was under secret service watch.
— Publius (@Publius_7_1776) January 16, 2023
@renato_mariotti Neither HRC with secret info on a private server (deleted under subpoena), nor Biden with docs at multiple locations (both 6 years) compare to a former POTUS with declassification powers having it for 18 months at a former WH outpost.
Exactly.
cc @neal_katyal
— Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) January 16, 2023
Meaning egregious and brazen law breaking happened and the media is going to run cover for it?
— Michael Dalakis (@monkey449) January 16, 2023
So you’re saying Biden stole & hid the documents on purpose. I agree with your analysis.
— Your Mom (@CauseMomSaysSo) January 18, 2023
Hardly, but nice spin. Biden and Clinton are both criminal.
— Scott Johnson (@ScottJohnsonMT) January 19, 2023
Hillary should have been locked up for what she did and Biden too.
— KEN JOHNSON (@Starvedrockcnc) January 16, 2023
So it's a federal crime?
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 16, 2023
So it'll be like Hillary's in the sense that a prosecutor is going to make up an element of the crime that doesn't exist so he won't have to prosecute?
— Lamentations Jones (@LamentationsJ) January 16, 2023
That’s not the dunk you think it is
— NoDhimmi (@Nodhimmi) January 16, 2023
Uhhhh not sure you’re making the point you think you’re making
— Brandon (@BS_355) January 16, 2023
Imagine being so partisan that you think this comparison helps.
— Dave Rau (@DavidRau101) January 16, 2023
I don’t think you’re helping.
— SheaJ21 (@SheaJ21) January 16, 2023
Agreed. There seems to be some political bias in the FBI. But Hillary was guilty, destroyed evidence, no one raided her house & nothing happened to her.
— Steve LaCombe (@TXchilinobeans) January 17, 2023
Instead of "a server", can one "wipe" a box of classified with a cloth? pic.twitter.com/trpeZXNquH
— Lord Jacobus (@Lord_Jacobus) January 16, 2023
Nice try.
— Randall Hannaway (@HannawayRandall) January 16, 2023
Clinton should be in jail. They sent a sailor to prison for having a few photos of a submarine on his camera. (President Trump pardoned him.)
“Inadvertent.”
***
Join us in the fight. Become a Twitchy VIP member today and use promo code SAVEAMERICA to receive a 40% discount on your membership.
Related:
UH OH! Turns out the Secret Service DOES have visitor logs for Biden’s Delaware home https://t.co/L72eTg6L9B
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 19, 2023
Join the conversation as a VIP Member