Based on my research of the topic, it seems that the mishandling of important government documents is becoming a recurring theme when you take a look at the last two presidents. However, both cases have been found to differ drastically from each other. In Donald Trump's case, it was reported that around 11,000 documents were recovered from his Mar-a-Lago home, with around 100 being marked as classified. These documents were discovered almost an entire year after Trump had left the White House. Trump's lawyers has also previously sworn certification that all government records had been returned. When faced with this case, Trump had claimed to have declassified all the documents before taking them and treated the case with disdain and in compliance. In the case of president Biden, it was stated that around 6 classified documents were discovered in his Wilmington, Delaware home, all of which were taken into the custody of NARA the next day. Biden and his attorneys have reportedly been compliant in the search, with Biden claiming that he had no knowledge of his ownership of said documents.
Both cases imply the lack of security in the White House in the case of classified documents. These cases prove just how easy it may be for officials in the White House to retrieve important documents regarding classified information. Both cases are being utilized against either president by members of the opposite party to delegitimize their competency. I believe that these cases have been downplayed as simple political munitions to attack either political party, rather than being treated as real crimes separate from politics.
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