Analysis:
Everyone has probably heard about Biden’s recent mishandling of classified documents. Maybe you saw it on the news or maybe you read it on social media. Personally, I like Twitter. Twitter is a great place to keep up with politics. It’s the modern-day, town bulletin board. Most people worth paying attention to are there, posting their opinions and their stories. All you have to do is read.
Recently while on Twitter, I came across a post that defended Biden and his handling of classified documents. The writer posted the following:
“Biden Documents: Not a crime,
Pence Documents: Not a crime,
Trump Documents: Crime. Obstruction and intent
are the reasons (Based on available data).”
If you’re like me, your immediate thought was about how hypocritical that statement seemed. Why are Biden (and Pence for that matter) in the clear, but Trump is at fault? We’re talking about national security; it shouldn’t matter whether you are Republican or Democrat. If you do something illegal, you should be charged. These cases should be investigated with equal vigor.
To their credit, the tweeter above did eventually attempt to provide the evidence that they claimed would prove Trump’s guilt. This evidence however, almost certainly proves Biden is at fault.
Readers , if someone provides you with “proof” or “evidence” to back their claim, read what they provide you. Sometimes, they can accidently help you arm your own argument.
The evidence given was 18 U.S. Code § 793. This is about Gathering, Transmitting or Losing Defense Information. It states that:
“ (e) Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, … (Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.)”
While it is pertinent to read the entire passage, I want you to focus on the few emboldened main ideas. The first, is where it talks about how anyone in illegal possession of classified documents, who then allows for these documents to be in a situation that could compromise their classified designation, can be criminally charged with a fine and/or up to ten years in prison.
We know that documents such as these were found in Biden’s home (his garage specifically). We were also told that there were no visitor logs and thus no way to see who came and went from Biden’s property during this time. Further, we know that Biden’s son, (Hunter) had allegedly had access to this home. Remember that Hunter Biden is suspected of having connections to foreign entities like China. Meaning that, classified U.S. documents were left unprotected and they were potentially exposed to foreign agents.
This law also states that a person can be charged if he
“ …willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or”…
Biden has had these documents in his possession since he was Vice President and senator before that. Yet, he is only now returning them. He thus failed to delivered classified documents to their rightful place in a timely manner.
But if that’s not good enough to convince you that has Biden committed a crime, there’s still more:
“(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”
This paragraph states that even if you are in legal possession of classified documents, but “through gross neglect” lose them or fail to report a loss in a timely manner, you can be criminally charged.
Biden, by his own admission and the admission of the White House and popular left, stated that Biden was unaware of these documents. That becomes he was unaware, he should not be charged with a crime. They think that he should be considered innocent because he allegedly didn’t mean to do anything wrong.
Yet, even if Biden had truly forgotten to return classified documents, even if it was simply an accident that he allowed his son to live and entertain foreign guests in a home where these documents were kept, even if he forgot that they existed, he is still not innocent.
Negligence and carelessness are not excuses. He has put every citizen in potential danger. This is unacceptable. The acts of failing to return classified documents, allowing unknown entities near classified documents and losing classified documents are crimes.
He should be fined and imprisoned (as should all those who have threatened U.S. national defense, whoever they may be). But more importantly, we need to investigate this situation thoroughly to know who had access and what potential danger the Biden family has created for the United States and her People.
References:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793
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