Former federal prosecutor Gene Rossi told Newsweek on Sunday that Maria Bartiromo’s question was a «product of a rabid partisan mind.»
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Representative James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, if President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents amounted to treason on Sunday.
Biden, like his predecessor former President Donald Trump, is under investigation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) after Obama-era classified documents were recently found in his Wilmington, Delaware, home and former office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement think tank in Washington, D.C.
The investigation has sparked criticism from Biden’s Republican critics, who have largely defended Trump in his investigation. FBI agents raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence last summer and seized boxes of classified documents. Trump, who has maintained his innocence, has also faced scrutiny over his response to the case, facing allegations of not turning over every document in his possession. Meanwhile, more documents continue to be found in Biden’s home.
«Is this treason?» she asked.
Comer declined to call Biden’s actions treasonous, instead describing the probe as «very concerning,» and calling on the Biden administration to cooperate with House investigators.
