Biden will not face charges for handling classified documents, according to The Washington Post

Important special counsel report, soon to be released, questions the 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 Roberto Hur about the discovery of confidential documents in the residence of Biden and in his old office this 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 when Biden He was vice-president (2009-2017) of Barack Obama in your old office and in your home Wilmingtonin Delaware.

The former president donald trumpthe most likely rival of Biden in November’s presidential elections, he is currently facing charges for alleged misuse of top-secret documents.

In June, trump He has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of illegally withholding national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements.

He was charged by another special prosecutor, Jack Smithof endangering national security by having in his possession highly confidential nuclear secrets and defense information after leaving the The White House.

The tycoon withheld documents – including records of the INC.he Pentagon and the National Security Agency, NSA— unsafely at his Mar-a-Lago, Fla., mansion and attempted to obstruct authorities’ efforts to retrieve them, according to the indictment.

Trump is scheduled to stand trial in this case in May before a US court. Florida.

He Washington Post says, however, that there are significant differences in investigations against Biden It is 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.

What is more, trump allegedly tried to divert the investigations while Biden He cooperated and was interviewed in October by special prosecutor Hur, along with dozens of current and former collaborators, the outlet states.

The assistants Biden They told the newspaper that the documents ended up at their home and office due to a “negligent work by the team.”

Source: Elcomercio

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