Key special counsel report coming soon questions US president’s handling of classified documents Joe Bidenand his assistants, but does not recommend filing criminal charges, The Washington Post reported this Tuesday.
The newspaper assured that the special prosecutor’s report Robert Hur about the discovery of classified documents in the residence of Biden and in his old office it will be revealed in the coming days.
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Hur was appointed last year by the Secretary of Justice, Merrick Garlandafter classified documents from the time in which Biden He was vice president (2009-2017) of Barack Obama in his old office and in his home Wilmingtonin Delaware.
The ex-president donald trumpthe most likely rival of Biden in November’s presidential election, is currently facing charges for alleged mishandling of top-secret documents.
In June, trump He pleaded not guilty to several charges of unlawfully withholding national defense information, conspiring to obstruct justice and making false statements.
He was accused by another special prosecutor, Jack Smithof endangering national security by having in his possession highly classified information on nuclear secrets and defense information after leaving the White House.
The tycoon withheld documents – including records of the INChe Pentagon and the National Security Agency, NSA– unsafely at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida and tried to obstruct authorities’ efforts to recover them, according to the indictment.
Trump is scheduled to go on trial in this case in May before a US court. Florida.
He Washington Post says, however, that there are significant differences in the investigations against Biden and trumpsuch as the number of documents that in the case of the current president were less than 20, while Trump is being investigated for almost 300 found in his home.
Besides, trump allegedly sought to divert investigations while Biden He cooperated and was interviewed in October by special prosecutor Hur, along with dozens of current and former collaborators, the outlet says.
The assistants of Biden They told the newspaper that the documents ended up in their home and office due to a “negligent work of the staff.”