Special Edition: Revealing Gov't Secrets? Classified Docs Decoded
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 21 January 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Two separate presidents – and two separate allegations of mishandling classified documents. Today, we're taking a look at the investigations into President Biden and former President Trump.
First, I'm joined by well-known criminal defense attorney Randy Zelin. He'll compare the Biden and Trump cases from a legal perspective – what's the same, what's different, how prosecutors might move forward, and what role politics may play in it all.
Richard Painter, former White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, then explains what's typically in classified documents, and why he says the system our government uses to keep track of them is seriously flawed.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, January 21st, two separate presidents and two separate allegations of |
| 0:05.2 | mishandling classified documents. Today, we are taking a look at the investigations into |
| 0:09.6 | President Biden and former President Trump. And later, a former White House ethics lawyer |
| 0:14.1 | explains what's typically in classified documents and why he says the system our government uses |
| 0:19.2 | to keep track of them is seriously flawed. But first, I'm joined by well-known criminal defense |
| 0:24.3 | attorney Randy Zellin. He'll compare the Biden and Trump cases from a legal perspective. |
| 0:29.0 | What's the same? What's different? How prosecutors might move forward? |
| 0:32.8 | And what role politics may play in it all? |
| 0:37.8 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, |
| 0:40.7 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in |
| 0:44.5 | the news. Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes, |
| 0:48.5 | where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 0:51.9 | It's now time for today's Special Edition Saturday. |
| 0:57.9 | Randy Zellin, thank you for joining us here on The Newsworthy. |
| 1:00.5 | It is a privilege to be on with you. So first, let's just get your take on the similarities and |
| 1:05.5 | the differences between the cases involving President Biden and former President Trump |
| 1:10.4 | from a legal perspective, at least from what we know right now. So let's start with some of the |
| 1:14.8 | similarities. What stands out to you? Well, certainly the fact that you have classified documents that |
| 1:20.4 | both got access to by virtue of their office and the fact that documents that were classified |
| 1:28.0 | ended up in places that apparently the National Archives and our government were unaware of. |
| 1:34.8 | Okay, so what's the biggest differences between these two cases that you think is important? |
| 1:40.4 | When President Biden learned that he had classified documents, they were immediately turned over. |
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