Trump brings immunity fight to his classified documents case

Feb 23, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-14% Negative

  •   Conservative
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"Trump denies wrongdoing and claims all the cases are part of a Democratic-led witch hunt against him.Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, alleges Trump engaged in relentless efforts to hide documents from authorities once the government began searching for them, instructing aides to shuttle boxes of sensitive information at Mar-a-Lago from a ballroom to a bathroom to a storage room, as well as his office."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"President Trump departed the White House prior to '12:00 p.m. on January 20, 2021,' and as such he is alleged to have made these decisions concerning the documents at issue while he was the Commander-in-Chief, Blanche said."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"De Oliveira referred to Trump as the boss and allegedly told another employee that the boss wanted a server with camera footage deleted."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Trump allegedly shared secret documents freely and indicated he knew some were classified."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"Trump was hit with new obstruction charges in the records case last July, including allegations that he and two employees attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance video footage."
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-50% Liberal
"(Joshua Boucher/The State/TNS)Donald Trump asked a judge to toss out criminal charges over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House on the grounds that he's protected by presidential immunity, his latest attempt at using the legal theory to escape prosecution."
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-52% Liberal
"The revised indictment accused Trump of directing employees to erase footage of a storage room where the documents were kept, days after his lawyers received a subpoena for any such recordings."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"It comes as the US Supreme Court is weighing Trump's argument for immunity in Smith's other case against Trump over his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 election."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"Trump is facing four criminal prosecutions as he campaigns to return to the White House in the November election."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event."
Positive
4% Conservative
"The government's response to Trump's motion is due March 7."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Trump's alleged decision to move dozens of boxes of government documents from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate at the tail end of his presidency was an official act that isn't subject to judicial scrutiny, his lawyer Todd Blanche said in a filing Thursday night asking to toss the case out."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Trump denies wrongdoing and claims all the cases are part of a Democratic-led witch hunt against him.Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, alleges Trump engaged in relentless efforts to hide documents from authorities once the government began searching for them, instructing aides to shuttle boxes of sensitive information at Mar-a-Lago from a ballroom to a bathroom to a storage room, as well as his office."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Trump denies wrongdoing and claims all the cases are part of a Democratic-led witch hunt against him.Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, alleges Trump engaged in relentless efforts to hide documents from authorities once the government began searching for them, instructing aides to shuttle boxes of sensitive information at Mar-a-Lago from a ballroom to a bathroom to a storage room, as well as his office."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"President Trump departed the White House prior to '12:00 p.m. on January 20, 2021,' and as such he is alleged to have made these decisions concerning the documents at issue while he was the Commander-in-Chief, Blanche said."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"De Oliveira referred to Trump as the boss and allegedly told another employee that the boss wanted a server with camera footage deleted."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Trump allegedly shared secret documents freely and indicated he knew some were classified."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Trump was hit with new obstruction charges in the records case last July, including allegations that he and two employees attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance video footage."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"(Joshua Boucher/The State/TNS)Donald Trump asked a judge to toss out criminal charges over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House on the grounds that he's protected by presidential immunity, his latest attempt at using the legal theory to escape prosecution."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The revised indictment accused Trump of directing employees to erase footage of a storage room where the documents were kept, days after his lawyers received a subpoena for any such recordings."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"In addition to Trump's personal valet, Waltine Walt Nauta, the revised indictment added a third defendant to the criminal case, Trump maintenance worker Carlos de Oliveira."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"In addition to Trump's personal valet, Waltine Walt Nauta, the revised indictment added a third defendant to the criminal case, Trump maintenance worker Carlos de Oliveira."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"It comes as the US Supreme Court is weighing Trump's argument for immunity in Smith's other case against Trump over his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 election."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"It comes as the US Supreme Court is weighing Trump's argument for immunity in Smith's other case against Trump over his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 election."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Trump is facing four criminal prosecutions as he campaigns to return to the White House in the November election."
Negative
-34% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : Trump denies wrongdoing and claims all the cases are part of a Democratic-led "witch hunt" against him.Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, alleges Trump engaged in relentless efforts to hide documents from authorities once the government began searching for them, instructing aides to shuttle boxes of sensitive information at Mar-a-Lago from a ballroom to a bathroom to a storage room, as well as his office.
31% : "President Trump departed the White House prior to '12:00 p.m. on January 20, 2021,' and as such he is alleged to have made these decisions concerning the documents at issue while he was the Commander-in-Chief," Blanche said.
31% : De Oliveira referred to Trump as "the boss" and allegedly told another employee that "the boss" wanted a server with camera footage deleted.
25% : Trump allegedly shared secret documents freely and indicated he knew some were classified.
25% : Trump was hit with new obstruction charges in the records case last July, including allegations that he and two employees attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance video footage.
24% : (Joshua Boucher/The State/TNS)Donald Trump asked a judge to toss out criminal charges over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House on the grounds that he's protected by presidential immunity, his latest attempt at using the legal theory to escape prosecution.
22% : The revised indictment accused Trump of directing employees to erase footage of a storage room where the documents were kept, days after his lawyers received a subpoena for any such recordings.
20% : It comes as the US Supreme Court is weighing Trump's argument for immunity in Smith's other case against Trump over his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
20% : Trump is facing four criminal prosecutions as he campaigns to return to the White House in the November election.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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