It's Always a Competition

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden sat in the 14th row for the Queen’s funeral on Monday. Former President Donald Trump mocked Biden for where he was seated, saying that he would have had a better seat.

Biden's position was likely decided by factors that would not be different if Trump were president, including how he traveled to the funeral and because he is not related to the Queen, he is not a monarch, and the US is not a member of the Commonwealth.

A seating chart published by The Times of London shows that those seated appeared to be arranged in the following order: the family of the Queen, monarchs, leaders of the Commonwealth, and other world leaders. 

Jerked Around

The FBI executed a search warrant August 8 at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there.

Bill Barr, the one-time attorney general under former President Trump, told Fox News today that the ex-president had no “legitimate reason” to hoard classified material at his Florida resort. Furthermore, he defended the Justice Department’s decision to raid Mar-a-Lago, arguing that the DOJ was “being jerked around” by Team Trump.

The Justice Department revealed on Friday just how careless the former president had been with state secrets at his private club. In an eight-page inventory list, the department noted that Trump had casually mixed TOP SECRET documents with magazines, books, and his wife’s clothes. One box allegedly found in the ex-president’s office also contained “43 empty folders with CLASSIFIED banners.” Federal prosecutors are mulling whether to charge Trump with criminal offenses under the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice.