“You know, I’ve lived in the world of travelers most of my professional career, I personally wouldn’t. But I’m not the president of the United States. But he has a different set of rules that apply to him,” McCaul told the co-host of ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, who asked if she saw any reason for Trump to get the top-secret material. “I know they were taken out of the White House while he was president and whether or not he declassified those documents remains to be seen. He says he did. I don’t have all the evidence there,” said McCaul, who was pressing for more information about the investigation to be released along with some fellow GOP lawmakers. Martha pushed back, saying that Trump’s attorney general, Bill Barr, thought the idea of ​​Trump standing over documents and declassifying them was preposterous. Radatz also referenced Joe Biden’s “soul of the nation” speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, in which he sharply criticized MAGA Republicans. Immediately after the president’s remarks, McCaul tweeted that “attacking half of America will further divide our country.” Raddatz questioned McCaul in his statement on social media, asking: “When you look at these polls that show 60 to 70 percent of Republicans think Joe Biden is not the rightful president, what is Biden supposed to do? when the country can’t even decide what democracy means? “ McCaul said that while “democracy is messy,” it is “better than all other forms of government” and also argued that if Biden’s intention with the speech was to unite the American people, “it had the exact opposite effect.” “And, you know, to say that Republicans are a threat to democracy is really a slap in the face … you know my vote for certification and my position on that. I took an oath on the Constitution, but after saying that, I don’t “Come out to unite the nation,” McCaul said, adding that it was “not a presidential speech.” Raddatz asked McCaul — who was a former federal prosecutor — for his reaction to Trump’s comments in a speech on Saturday in which Trump referred to the FBI and Justice Department as “evil monsters.” “I think the perception is that a lot of Republicans that I know are seeing after the Russia investigation, the Steele dossier,” McCaul said. “There’s some mistrust, but check the attitude — when it comes to the DOJ and the FBI, and frankly, it saddens me because as a DOJ alumnus, I hate to see people’s faith in our institutions erode.” Asked by Raddatz how much blame Donald Trump should be for dividing the country, McCaul blamed both political parties for the recent heated rhetoric. He made a reference to Abraham Lincoln, who, instead of condemning the opposing side at the time, brought them into the debate in a spirit of unity, he said. That’s the mission Biden should have taken on, but failed to do in his speech Thursday, according to McCaul. “It was a campaign speech before the midterms, and that’s basically how I see it,” he told Raddatz.