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Misplaced secrets: On U.S. President Joe Biden’s legal troubles

U.S. President Biden’s legal troubles could be a setback (नाकामयाबी) for the case to prosecute (मुकदमा चलाना, अभियोग लगाना) Donald Trump

When his predecessor (पूर्वज, पुरखा) Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, was raided last August and a trove (निधि) of thousands of government documents was discovered there, including several hundreds of classified papers, little would U.S. President Joe Biden have imagined that he would find himself in a similar sticky situation. Yet, Mr. Biden and the White House have so far reacted calmly (शांति से) to the discovery of classified documents by his own attorneys at several sites including the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement (Meeting), a think tank in Washington, and in the garage and several other rooms of his home in Wilmington, Delaware. There are, of course, critical (आलोचनात्मक, गंभीर) differences between the cases, which will probably be mirrored in varying legal consequences of each of the two classified leaks. First, the Trump stash is reported to be over 11,000, including about 300 marked classified or top secret, and includes photographs, whereas the papers associated with Mr. Biden are reportedly fewer than 12. Second, after Mr. Biden’s lawyers first discovered classified files in a locked closet at the think tank, his team voluntarily notified the National Archives and the Justice Department and are ‘cooperating with the investigation’ fully. In Mr. Trump’s case, after the U.S. National Archives found classified records to be missing and requested that Mr. Trump return them, he failed to comply (अनुपालन करना) and hence the matter was handed over to the FBI. Third, while both leaks are being investigated separately, the Justice Department is conducting a criminal inquiry into Mr. Trump’s handling of the documents, but in Mr. Biden’s case there is no indication of wilful intent (इरादा) so far and he is protected by a rule that a sitting President cannot be indicted (दोष लगाना).

Notwithstanding these facts, it is clear that Mr. Biden’s — or his team’s — improper handling of classified material will cost him politically. Already, polls have found that his job approval rating, which enjoyed a bump towards the end of last year, has slumped (मंदी) back to around 40% — the all-time low of his presidency. The President is also facing difficult questions on why, after the initial discovery of the classified papers on November 2, his team suppressed that information until well after the November 8 midterm elections. Similarly, Republicans led by House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy have called for a Congressional investigation into the Biden classified leaks. The backlash could well be a setback for the case to prosecute Mr. Trump for violating the Espionage (जासूसी, गुप्तचर्या) Act, even though he appears to have wilfully (Deliberately or Intentional) taken the classified documents from their proper place of holding and then possibly obstructed (रोकना, बाधा डालना) justice when asked to return them.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Setback (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - नाकामयाबी
English Meaning - A checking of progress.

2.Prosecute (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - मुकदमा चलाना, अभियोग लगाना
English Meaning - To carry on a legal suit.

3.Predecessor (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - पूर्वज, पुरखा
English Meaning - A person who precedes another in the office.

4.Trove (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - निधि
English Meaning - A collection of objects.

5.Calmly (Adverb)

Hindi Meaning - शांति से
English Meaning - Without agitation or strong emotion

6.Critical (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - आलोचनात्मक, गंभीर
English Meaning - Inclined to criticize severely.

7.Intent (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - इरादा
English Meaning - Intention or purpose

8.Comply (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - अनुपालन करना
English Meaning - (of a person or group) act in accordance with a wish or command.

9.Indict (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - दोष लगाना
English Meaning - To charge with an offense or crime.

10.Espionage (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - जासूसी, गुप्तचर्या
English Meaning - The use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations.

11.Obstruct (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - रोकना, बाधा डालना
English Meaning - To interrupt the progress.

12.Slump (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - मंदी
English Meaning - A substantial decline especially in economic activity.

13.Engagement (Noun)

English Meaning - Meeting

14.Wilful (Adjective)

English Meaning - Deliberately or Intentional.