Trump vows to appoint special prosecutor for Biden if he wins in 2024

Former President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to look into President Joe Biden should he win the White House in 2024.

The declaration comes one day prior to Trump's scheduled appearance in a Miami federal courthouse to face arraignment on 37 counts stemming from special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump's alleged mishandling of classified materials.

"NOW THAT THE 'SEAL' IS BROKEN, IN ADDITION TO CLOSING THE BORDER & REMOVING ALL OF THE 'CRIMINAL' ELEMENTS THAT HAVE ILLEGALLY INVADED OUR COUNTRY, MAKING AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT, & EVEN DOMINANT AGAIN, & IMMEDIATELY ENDING THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA & UKRAINE, I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL 'PROSECUTOR' TO GO AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, JOE BIDEN, THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, & ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ELECTIONS, BORDERS, & COUNTRY ITSELF!" Trump stated on Truth Social. 

Trump has faced federal legal scrutiny for nearly a year, with the FBI raiding his Mar-a-Lago estate in August of 2022 seeking documents he may have removed from the White House. Prior to the raid, Trump voluntarily cooperated with a grand jury subpoena and surrendered documents to the government.

Biden is facing his own investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified materials. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed special counsel Robert Hur to look into the matter after reports emerged that a Biden attorney had discovered classified materials while clearing out the former Vice President's office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington last November. Subsequent searches of Biden-occupied spaces have turned up other sensitive materials, including in the garage of his Delaware home and in a Chinatown office. Hur's investigation has not yet led to any charges against Biden.

The materials discovered at the Penn Biden Center reportedly included intelligence related to the UK, Iran, and Ukraine.

Trump and his Republican allies have made much of the apparent disparity in the Justice Department's handling of the two former presidents over a comparable alleged offense. Notably, the FBI never raided any of Biden's homes or offices.

The former president, moreover, has contended that the president enjoys broad authority to declassify materials and insists he had the authority to retain the materials at his estate under the Presidential Records Act. Such an argument would not apply to Biden, who had not been president at the time the documents in his possession would have been removed from government custody.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.