“Joe Biden did the exact same thing (as Donald Trump on documents) and the DOJ doesn't care!”
What PolitiFact found
The Trump case sets a high bar for seriousness and has a number of extraordinary circumstances that the Biden case so far lacks — particularly a failure to return the documents once they were discovered.
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In short
Ted Cruz (U.S. Senator, R-Texas) made this claim around 12 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 June 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Cases aren't identical”.
Ted Cruz has 24 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 10 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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Related checks
- Washington Post: False“They’re accusing President Trump of the same thing Joe Biden did, threatening the aid.”