Rubio on Trump White House investigation: “It’s not a crime”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) rejected options throughout a Fox News look Monday that Republicans aren’t expressing as a lot alarm over considerations about Donald Trump’s dealing with of presidential information as they had been over Hillary Clinton’s private emails.

Why it issues: The former president made Clinton’s non-public e mail server use when she was secretary of state a focus of his 2016 presidential marketing campaign when he ran towards her and continued to highlight it throughout his presidency.

Driving the information: A Democratic strategist and former Clinton aide has accused Republicans of “hypocrisy,” whereas Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) stated “Why is the Archives dealing with this otherwise?” per the NYT.

• Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier requested Rubio on Monday night why Republicans did not appear as apprehensive about considerations about Trump maintaining presidential information at his Mar-a-Largo residence in Florida as they had been over Clinton’s emails.

What he is saying: “I do not know what’s true and what’s not as a result of they’ve made up so many tales about Donald Trump through the years,” responded Rubio, who’s up for re-election in November.

• “Nowadays, within the mainstream media, you simply want one supply to smear Donald Trump, and possibly you do not even want that,” Rubio added.

“So it is arduous to inform anymore what actually occurred and what did not. The paperwork that had been in Mar-a-Lago by all accounts had been turned over … if the method wasn’t adopted there, then that there must be one thing that occurs about that. It’s not a crime, I do not imagine.”

— Sen. Marco Rubio on Fox News

For the report: Under the Presidential Records Act, a president is required to instantly flip in presidential information to the nationwide archivist as quickly as they depart workplace.