re: So I had a communist claim to me that comparing the Trump documents to the Biden documents

So here was his explanation of the difference:

"In the DoD world especially when it comes to security violations honesty is the best policy. They understand that makes can happen but it's the lying about them that will get you in the most trouble. If you make a mistake and own up to it. It's almost nothing or maybe a slap in the wrist if you made a major violation. But if you try to cover up or conceal something that's what will get you fired. I can date a foreign national and it's no problem if I report it but if I don't report or lie about that will be what gets me in trouble. Also we judge the severity of the violation. If you have a single "spilliage" incident that's bad but it happens. But if you have many events over time that's a pattern that speaks to carelessness. Biden's event seems much more isolated, fewer documents and open ownership of the issue rather than concealment. Those are night and day differences in this environment. One looks innocent the other deliberate which is a strong indicator of foreign espionage"