Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) sparred with several hosts on CNN late this week when pressed about President Joe Biden’s growing classified document scandal.
Schumer made the contentious remarks during an interview on “CNN This Morning” on Friday, claiming that it was “too early” to comment about whether Biden violated the law.
“It’s much too early to tell,” Schumer said. “I think President Biden has handled this correctly. He’s fully cooperated with the prosecutors when the documents were found, he notified Archives. It’s a total contrast to President Trump, who stonewalled for a whole year.”
CNN’s Don Lemon pushed Schumer over reports that indicated that the administration gave “misleading statements” that have now “created the impression that Biden’s team has something to hide.”
“That doesn’t sound that much different than the former president,” Lemon said.
“Don, there’s now a special prosecutors. Let’s see what they have to say,” Schumer responded. “We can have all the speculation and comment. Let’s see what they have to say and let’s focus on doing things that help the American people.”
“But, senator, I have to get — I have to say this,” Lemon fired back. “You seem much more measured about this than with the Trump documents because you called for transparency with the Trump documents. You wanted lawmakers to have access to the documents seized from the former president, his residence in Florida.”
When Poppy Harlow brought up whether Biden was being transparent with the American people, Schumer responded, “Bottom line is the prosecutors will get to the bottom of this and let’s let them do it, for God’s sake.”
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