CNN Contributor Suggests Biden Document Discovery ‘Almost Exonerates’ Trump

Former President Donald Trump was just given a massive political gift from his successor, according to a CNN contributor. A U.S. attorney is reportedly reviewing the approximately 10 classified documents retrieved from…

Bradley CortrightJan 10, 20232 min read

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On Tuesday, CNN analyst John Miller suggested the development makes it “almost impossible to charge Donald Trump with any violation of classified documents” from a political standpoint.

However, he stressed he believed from a purely legal basis, a charge against Trump would hold up in court.

There are some pretty important differences between Trump’s and Biden’s cases. And from a legal perspective, Jennings may not have chosen the best word.

But from a political perspective, the idea was not too far off.

The difference between how long it took the National Archives to retrieve the documents from the two men probably will not mean much to the average American.

Instead, they will see it appears mishandling classified documents is apparently a common occurrence.

In some parts of the Republican Party, the news of the documents at Biden’s office has probably exonerated Trump in voters’ minds.

And while public opinion should not matter in how laws are enforced, how these two cases are handled could undermine the idea of the Justice Department acting in an impartial manner.

If Trump is prosecuted and Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both avoid charges, it will look to many Republicans as though the former president was targeted because of his political party — assuming there is no earth-shattering news about what happened with the documents at Mar-a-Lago.