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In reply to the discussion: Do you believe the Biden classified documents were planted ? [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,119 posts)It isn't like they keep a list of every single document classified by every single entity which is permitted to classify docuents, with numbered copies to track.
But Biden almost certainly didn't take documents when he left office. They were likely already in these locations because he needed them in locations other than the White House because being vice president isn't a 9-5 job. Nor it is a discrete task, sequential job task kind of job. He was almost certainly multi-tasking and set aside documents needed for one task when working on another and didn't get them all back where they belonged, and forgot about them.
That's in sharp contrast with Trump who took the documents when he left office because be wanted souveniers, believed they belonged to him, etc., and then when discovered tried to hide them and to avoid returning them.