Dems concerned over handling of Biden documents

Senate Democrats are wincing at President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, even as they seek to draw a distinction between the incumbent president and former President Donald Trump.

In interviews on Monday evening, Democratic senators raised concerns at the latest document discovery, with Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia offering the harshest review for the White House: “It couldn’t get any worse.”

Manchin wasn’t alone. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) put it simply: “I don’t think … any classified document should be at somebody’s house.” And Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said the White House’s handling of the classified information stood in “sharp contrast” to the way Congress approaches such documents.

Senate Democrats returned on Monday after a long recess — and after the Justice Department found additional classified documents during a 13-hour search of Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del. The discovery of those documents, on top of classified materials found in November and December, has created a political headache after Democrats sought to hammer Trump for his handling of classified material.