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Oh, but it was a secret. NARA didn't realize that the documents were gone for months after they started digging into the material to archive, at which point in time they requested he send any records back. Only after months of arguing with his lawyers did Trump send back some of his documents.Except that Trump made no secret of the fact that he had declassified documents in his home - and Biden had hidden that fact for six years, and was only now uncovered because his staff squealed on him.
There are so many double standards here I don’t know where to start. Why did the FBI launch an over-the-top raid with an unlimited search warrant (“seek and take anything”) weeks before the election….and then not even report that classified information that Biden had hidden in his house, and garage, and office? Because….election.
In any event, the media has been instructed to no longer cover up for Biden’s incompetence In order to get him to back off the 2024 run. Their trick will be revealing enough to make him decide not to run again but not enough to show him for the inept and corrupt man he has always been that an impeachment will be successful.
That's when NARA realized that there were classified documents in there and then had to argue with Trump's lawyers in order to notify the DoJ. Trump's lawyers argued that NARA needed to keep this information secret from the DoJ, trying to claim that executive privilege, a claim which was rejected based on SCOTUS precedent (also it's absurd on it's face).
The DoJ got a grand jury subpoena which legally compelled Trump to turn over every document with classified markings. Trump's lawyers were given a month to do so and signed a document swearing that they had indeed turned over every document.
Except that they didn't and they kept that fact secret from the DoJ.
Only after a year and a half of arguing with Trump trying to get everything returned including a subpoena, only to fail and have Trump never actually comply did they launch the raid.
Also, to this day Trump refuses to indicate which if any of the documents in his possession are declassified, so the very fact whether or not they're declassified is kept secret from us.
Trump was anything but transparent. He was given a year and a half to search his property and turn over records. You won't even give Biden a week.