The Presidents and the Classified Documents

<p>The Justice Department is scrutinizing how both former President Donald J. Trump and President Biden came to have classified records after they left office.</p><p>Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed a special counsel after the discovery of two batches of classified documents from Mr. Biden’s time as vice president.</p><p>How are the two cases similar, how are they different and what might that mean for both?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/glenn-thrush?smid=pc-thedaily">Glenn Thrush</a>, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Special counsels are looking into both Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/biden-trump-documents-compare.html"> Here’s how the situations differ.</a></li><li>Robert K. Hur has been appointed to oversee the investigation into Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/politics/robert-hur-special-counsel-biden-documents.html"> Who is he?</a></li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>