While Mr. Trump is staring down spending the rest of his life in prison, other high-profile politicians investigated for mishandling classified materials — including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Mike Pence — were quickly exonerated by the Justice Department.
An ABC/Ipsos poll conducted after the indictment was unsealed on Friday found that 47% of respondents said the charges against Mr. Trump were politically motivated, while 37% said politics were not a factor in the indictment. Federal investigators late last year also opened a probe into classified materials that turned up in a former office belonging to President Biden as well as the garage at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. Little is known about the investigation which is being led by special counsel Robert K. Hur.
In contrast, Mr. Biden and Mr. Pence worked to return the documents to the government once they discovered the materials in their possession.“When people make the silly comparison that Pence and Biden cooperated, I smile. Just because someone fails to cooperate, they should be charged with a crime?” he said. “That’s a meaningless comparison.”
“The optics are terrible,” he said. “The Justice Department was accommodating to the point of passivity with Clinton. The Clinton team refused to turn over computers and secured ridiculous immunity agreements from the government. For many, it seems like Clinton got the shrug. Trump got the shackles.”
Mr. Comey was also quick to clear Mrs. Clinton. He convened a rare press conference to say there was no evidence that she intentionally or willfully mishandled classified information. He also rebuked Mrs. Clinton for being “extremely careless.”
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