Article 68FW8 Why prosecutors might get Trump – and not Biden – for classified documents

Why prosecutors might get Trump – and not Biden – for classified documents

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Hugo Lowell in Washington
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Trump's situation is more perilous because of his reluctance to cooperate and his suspected obstruction of justice

Donald Trump's retention of classified-marked documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort is distinguished in the eyes of the justice department from that of Joe Biden or Mike Pence as a result of one particularly crucial difference: suspected obstruction of justice.

Legal experts believe the situation for the former US president is more perilous than others swept up in the scandal because of his reluctance to cooperate at key moments in the investigation and his unwillingness to proactively search his properties for marked documents after becoming aware that he possessed such papers.

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