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Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Turner referred to reports that special counsel Robert Hur is not proceeding with indicting President Biden for possessing classified documents as a private citizen as "devastating" for national security.
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The Ohio Republican levied allegations that the Justice Department maintained a "two-tier system of justice," comparing the charges levied against former President Donald Trump to the alleged possession of classified materials by Mr. Biden.
On the contrary, President Trump faced charges under the Espionage Act due to his failure to disclose classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Nevertheless, in spite of the identification of classified documents on assets associated with Mr. Biden, law enforcement officials have chosen not to press charges. The decision of federal prosecutors was rationalized by their citation of Mr. Biden's cooperation in the surrender of the identified documents.
The DOJ's lack of prosecution of charges during Mr. Biden's tenure as a senator and vice president was a subject of criticism from Turner. It is anticipated that this divergent approach to prosecution will heighten the level of scrutiny that the Republican Party applies to the Department of Justice.
Mr. Turner remarked, "You cannot secrete and protect documents while carrying them home as a senator and vice president for a decade, and then claim that "hey, I cooperated for two weeks while I was president, so it shouldn't matter that I spent a decade hoarding classified documents."
Conservative circles are outraged even more by this disclosure, which is likely to stimulate ongoing discussions concerning the current administration's accountability and transparency.
