During an interview over the weekend, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) urged that President Joe Biden be charged for his retention of classified US government materials, calling him a “serial hoarder.”
Turner made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” when asked about his previous views that Biden and former President Donald Trump should be treated equally in terms of their legal penalty for the retention of sensitive material.
“Well, when you look at the documents, both the classification level and the subject matter, both sides, Trump and Biden’s documents, if they had been released in the public or gotten into the hands of nefarious parties, would be damaging to the United States national security,” he said.
“When I look at those documents, there are documents on both sides, equally egregious, that would have negative consequences to our means, methods, techniques and- and our allies. Now, in this instance, I think President Biden needs the same consequences that they pursue with President Trump. The actions are the same.”
Brennan pressed Turner on whether his comments meant he thought Biden should be indicted as well.
“You’re continuing to see the inequality that comes out of the Justice Department,” he said. “As there’s silence on the other side with respect to Biden’s- and by the way, he was a serial classified document hoarder. I reviewed documents that were from all the time that he’s been in government. This really is a very serious breach by President Biden.”
When asked if he had personally witnessed proof of a crime from documents retrieved from Biden, Turner responded, “Yes.”
“I have seen evidence of the fact that classified documents of some of the highest levels have been mishandled by President Biden,” he said.
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