In the case of the classified documents, it’s more serious for Trump than Biden

The former president's retention of papers at Mar-a-Lago appears to satisfy more criteria for prosecution than the find at Biden's institute

Donald Trump's retention of documents marked classified at his Mar-a-Lago resort has aggravating factors that might support his criminal prosecution unlike the discovery of some documents also marked classified stored at Joe Biden's former institute from his time as vice-president, legal experts said.

The US justice department has clear criteria for prosecuting people who intentionally mishandle highly-sensitive government documents, and the facts of the Trump documents case appear to satisfy more elements than in the Biden documents case.