RNC chair deflects to Hillary Clinton when questioned about Trump indictments

17 June 2023

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel on Friday falsely equated twice-indicted former President Donald Trump's alleged illegal retention of classified documents to the sensitive materials that inadvertently ended up in the possession of President Joe Biden, ex-Vice President Mike Pence, and Hillary Clinton.

First, though, anchor Kaitlan Collins asked McDaniel to comment on GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson's request that the RNC back off of its requirement that its contenders promise to back whoever the party's nominee is.

"What they're referencing, of course — Hutchinson and the other conservatives — is the detailed indictment that we saw last week. Obviously, it has serious national security implications in it. And I think what you said there is important. Trump is innocent until proven guilty. But when you look at that and you see is conduct that is alleged in that, do you believe that that’s becoming of a former commander-in-chief and the Republican frontrunner right now?" Collins asked

Instead of answering the question, McDaniel deflected to Biden, Pence, and Clinton — all of whom were cleared of wrongdoing after they cooperated with federal investigators.

"Well what I will say, Kaitlan — and I think Bill Barr has even said this, who you just showed isn't always on President Trump's side on some these issues — but he has said it feels like there's a two-tiered system of justice," McDaniel replied.

"I mean if you look back at Hillary Clinton, she had two thousand classified documents. Twenty-two of them were deemed top-secret. She had eight different blackberries that were never investigated by the FBI. And he's let off scot-free. And you see a totally different standard of justice for Donald Trump who had seventeen top secret documents," McDaniel continued.

"What I would say though is, how are we getting to a place where President Biden, Vice President Pence, Hillary Clinton, President Trump, are all leaving with classified documents?" McDaniel retorted. "Clearly the protocols at the White House needs to change so we don't find ourselves in this situation."

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