FBI search deepens political implications of Biden document discoveries - CNN

Biden’s lawyers argued that Friday’s search underscored his cooperation with a special counsel’s investigation – implicitly distinguishing him from the behavior of ex-President Donald Trump in his own classified documents scandal.

It provoked new questions over why Biden still had classified information from his time as a vice president; how material, typically treated with extreme care by federal employees, ended up at his private residence; and whether it was secure from prying eyes in the years it was there.

Durbin, like other Democrats, also tried to draw sharp comparisons between Biden’s cooperation with the Justice Department and Trump’s months of apparent obfuscation and even potential criminal obstruction over his own, larger haul of classified documents.

Richard Sauber, a senior White House lawyer, wrote in a statement on Saturday that Biden had been “committed to handling this responsibly because he takes this seriously” and he and his team worked “swiftly to ensure DOJ and the Special Counsel have what they need to conduct a thorough review.”

Biden’s conduct doesn’t appear to suggest he faces similar exposure, even if he were not protected by interpretations of past Justice Department guidance that sitting presidents are shielded from prosecution.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin – who sometimes takes positions that clash with Democratic Party’s leaders, partly due to the popularity of Trump in his native state – was critical of Biden and also demanded answers.