Democrats Walk Fine Line With Biden’s Document Debacle

Bipartisan concerns over President Joe Biden’s document discoveries grow after more classified papers were reported on Saturday, and as the House Oversight Committee called for the release of the visitor log for Biden’s home.

Republicans have been quick to lambast Biden, while also calling the justice system “two-tiered” and accusing it of having a “double standard.” But Democrats have been placed in a trickier position: holding the handling of Biden’s document discovery to the same standard as former President Donald Trump’s, while also not equating the two situations.

Roughly twenty classified papers have now been uncovered at Biden’s former office at a think tank in Washington, D.C. as well as in his Wilmington, Delaware home. 

On Sunday, the House Oversight Committee chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) called on the White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain to release the visitor log to Biden’s Delaware residence as well as records of the locations searched. “Given the serious national security implications, the White House must provide the Wilmington residence’s visitor log. As Chief of Staff, you are head of the Executive Office of the President and bear responsibility to be transparent with the American people on these important issues related to the White House’s handling of this matter,” Comer wrote.”

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on ABC’s “This Week”: “I don’t think we can exclude the possibility without knowing more of the facts…The attorney general has to make sure that not only is justice evenly applied, but the appearances of justice are also satisfactory to the public,” Schiff added, saying he thought Attorney General Merrick Garland had to appoint a special counsel to investigate the matter.