Secret Documents: Biden amplifies the damage himself

Yes, there are differences in how classified documents are handled between the Biden and Trump cases. However, the current president does not cut a good figure in the affair – and the damage to his own ambitions is all the greater.

The wind can turn so quickly in political Washington. Last week he blew the Republicans in the face: Kevin McCarthy was only elected speaker of the House of Representatives after 15 embarrassing rounds. Now the wind is whistling around Joe Biden’s ears. Everything revolves around secret documents from his time as Vice President. The damage to Biden is enormous.

Mainly because, until recently, the Democrats happily criticized Donald Trump for his handling of privately stored secret files. Biden personally called Trump’s behavior “irresponsible” in a television interview. The accusation now turns against Biden himself.

Do voters realize the differences to the Trump case?

Yes, there are big differences between both cases. Trump was dealing with significantly more documents, more than a hundred. And Trump has long refused to cooperate with investigators. Biden’s advisers cooperated on their own initiative. The only question is: does the audience, the electorate, differentiate in this way? Most people probably don’t.

Biden unnecessarily increases the damage. The question remains unanswered as to why everything is only now coming to light, and only in slices at that, even though the first files classified as secret were found before the congressional elections in early November.

Affair hurts Biden ambitions

When Biden could no longer avoid a personal statement, he not only got stuck several times in the middle of his own formulations. He also awkwardly joked about the vintage Corvette in his garage, where some of the files were stored. All of this is not sovereign.

The timing couldn’t be worse for Biden. He actually wanted to announce shortly after the beginning of the year whether he would run again as the Democratic presidential candidate. He seems determined to do so. But skepticism as to whether Biden is actually the candidate of the future will now grow again in their own ranks. Rightly so.