{"id":99433,"date":"2024-02-09T00:19:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T00:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=99433"},"modified":"2024-02-09T00:19:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T00:19:22","slug":"trump-haley-slam-decision-in-biden-classified-documents-case-as-unfair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=99433","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Haley slam decision in Biden classified documents case as unfair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump and his GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley each slammed a Justice Department special counsel decision Thursday not to charge President Joe Biden for mishandling classified documents, calling it unfair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHIS HAS NOW PROVEN TO BE A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SELECTIVE PROSECUTION! The Biden Documents Case is 100 times different and more severe than mine,&#8221; Trump, who faces criminal prosecution for deliberately retaining classified material, said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did nothing wrong, and I cooperated far more. What Biden did is outrageously criminal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While describing the decision as a &#8220;glaring&#8221; double standard, Haley also used the decision to take a jab at both Biden and her rival Trump: &#8220;Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump were reckless with classified documents,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1755694633718313395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she wrote on social media platform X<\/a>. &#8220;If Biden&#8217;s defense is old age and forgetfulness, Trump can easily make the same claim. Trump should quickly hire Biden&#8217;s lawyers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/08\/biden-classified-documents-charges-special-counsel-00140509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special counsel report<\/a> released by the Justice Department withheld condemnation of Biden on legal grounds, but it also presented a harsh portrait of his conduct and mental faculties. It stated Biden would be perceived in any court proceedings as a \u201csympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report also drew a sharp contrast between Biden and Trump, saying while Trump allegedly refused to return classified documents for months and directed other people \u201cto destroy evidence and then to lie about it,&#8221; Biden &#8220;turned in classified documents to the National Archives and the Department of Justice, consented to the search of multiple locations including his homes, sat for a voluntary interview, and in other ways cooperated with the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said in response to the decision that he was \u201cpleased to see the special counsel make clear the stark differences between this case and Trump\u2019s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe special counsel in my case decided against moving forward with any charges. This matter is now closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/08\/trump-biden-classified-documents-00140576\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics Donald Trump and his GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley each slammed a Justice Department special counsel decision Thursday not to charge President Joe Biden for mishandling classified documents,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99433"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}