Trump, Pence and Biden won’t be punished — but Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner went to prison

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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 05:25
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Mon, 06/02/2023 - 05:25
By Jesselyn Radack - Kathleen McClellan: Salon.com What happened to whistleblowers like our client Daniel Hale never happens to high-level government officials We can now add Vice President Mike Pence to the list of former presidents and vice presidents who have had classified information found in their homes. While there are marked differences between Donald Trump intentionally keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and refusing to cooperate with authorities, and Pence and Joe Biden's apparent discovery of classified documents that inadvertently ended up in their homes — and were returned voluntarily and promptly — the commonality between these cases and others involving high-level officials is the lack of serious punishment.