You're gaslighting again, TJ. Or been gaslit.
A federal judge on Monday agreed to request by Donald Trump to appoint a special master to review records the FBI seized at his Florida home, a move that could delay the investigation into whether the former president mishandled classified documents.
www.reuters.com
Below is a timeline of key events:
Jan. 20, 2021
Trump departs the White House as Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as the nation's 46th president and heads back to his private Florida estate known as Mar-a-Lago.
May 2021
The Archives emails Trump's lawyers, notifying them that some two dozen boxes of original records were not turned over, according to the Washington Post.
December 2021
A Trump representative tells the Archives "that they had located some records," according to a statement published later by the National Archives and Records Administration, also known as NARA.
THIS IS OVER 6 MONTHS LATER
Mid-January 2022
The nonpartisan presidential records agency said it "identified items marked as classified national security information, up to the level of Top Secret and including Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Program materials" and sought permission to alert the FBI.
THIS is the only point at which you can remotely equate Trump with Biden; and even that is MONTHS past the time Biden actively did his own search AND voluntarily allowed FBI to search ALL of his properties. Everything past this point is VASTLY different, TJ Cletus
Feb. 8, 2022
The Archives issues a public statement saying it is still searching for more of Trump's presidential records, one day after the Washington Post reported the boxes were retrieved from Florida. read more
Feb. 10, 2022
U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee announces an investigation into Trump's handling of the documents, later expanding its probe in a Feb. 24 letter to the agency. read more
The New York Times reports White House staff periodically found clumps of documents clogging White House toilets, an accusation Trump has said is false. Reporter Maggie Haberman later releases photos of some of the alleged found documents.
Feb. 18, 2022
NARA tells Congress that Trump took classified information to his Florida home after leaving the White House. read more
WE ARE NOW PUSHING NEARLY A YEAR SINCE NARA ORIGINALLY TRIED TO GET DOCUMENTS
April 7, 2022
Sources confirm to Reuters that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating Trump's removal of official presidential records from the White House. read more
April 11, 2022
The White House Counsel's Office under Biden formally requests that the Archives give the FBI access to the 15 boxes. NARA notifies Trump's representatives about the FBI review in an April 12 letter.
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Aug 8 2022
Federal agents execute a search warrant at Trump's Florida property, uncovering 13 boxes or containers with documents marked classified --"more than twice the amount produced June 3 in response to the grand jury subpoena." Trump was not at the property at the time, and media reports showed him at Trump Tower in Manhattan. read more
A photo released in a court filing later that month shows some of the seized documents with clear markings of "Top Secret" and "Secret."
Trump, in a post online, says the records were "all declassified" and placed in "secure storage." A day later, Trump, who continues to hint at a possible 2024 run for the presidency, cites the FBI search in a campaign fundraising appeal. read more
EARLY ON, it just looked like Trump was being a dick; he didn't want to turn things over, because of records that might put a bad spin on the grifting he did in the WH. Bear in mind, this is a guy who's family and organization grifted from children's cancer charities, and were banned from ever running another charity organization in NY
AFTER knowing he'd been squandering "regular" Presidential records, illegally, we learned he had "some" classified documents. Then MORE. And he REFUSED to turn them over.
What do you think the normal rationale would be for trying to hold on to classified documents AFTER being informed he had them - along with other records that belonged to the government?
Of COURSE people presumed he was using them for his own benefit - THAT IS WHAT HE HAS DONE his entire life!!!
How is any of this remotely comparable to Biden's situation and timeline?
Be specific with your answer.