Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: “The differences between Biden and Pence, on one hand, and Trump, on the other, should be obvious.”
Former vice president Mike Pence last month turned over a small batch of classified documents discovered at his home. After President Biden’s decision to permit federal authorities to search at hishome on Friday. And, as occurred at the Biden home, another classified document turned up at Pence’s residence.
The discovery of an additional document at Pence’s house does not necessarily weaken his legal position. It simply confirms that no one does as thorough a search as the FBI. There is some evidence that the relationship between Pence’s team and the Justice Department may have soured a bit. “Mr. Pence’s advisers were incensed by the disclosure of a pending search last week and blamed the department for leaking details to pressure them,”.
We don’t know whether Pence’s aides were trying to delay an FBI search or merely hoping to impose some restrictions on it, prompting someone in the Justice Department to then go to the media. In any case, the search was completed and, barring new disclosures of alleged illegal activity, the matter should not result in prosecution.
Improper handling and retention of classified material is a serious matter. However, Biden now has company in the “sloppy but not criminal” category. A decision to decline to prosecute Biden and Pence would convey to the public that similar cases get handled similarly no matter the political affiliation of the person being investigated.
The differences between Biden and Pence, on one hand, and Trump, on the other, should be obvious. Two men have cooperated and can rest easy; Trump, however, has reason to still fear an indictment based on alleged obstruction of a federal investigation into what appear to be wrongfully and perhaps willfully retained classified documents.
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