Classified docs: How Trump case differs from Clinton, Biden
by Peter Grier
Jun 13, 2023
4 minutes
As former President Donald Trump was arraigned today on federal charges related to the retention of classified documents, one of his primary defenses has been that he is a target of unfair selective prosecution. He and his supporters say that Hillary Clinton, as well as President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, also mishandled secret government information.
Why, they ask, weren’t any of the others prosecuted for such actions? Why has Mr. Trump been singled out?
“Most Republicans believe we live in a country where Hillary Clinton did similar things and nothing happened to her,” said GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina in a broadcast interview Sunday.
The cases might seem
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