It's okay for Biden to not be malevolent, but not okay for a Trump admin? Hypocrisy.
Now, somebody did it because they thought I didn’t like him, O.K.?” Mr. Trump told reporters. “They were well meaning, I will say. I didn’t know anything about it. I would never have done that.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lets-not-upset-the-president-the-white-house-tells-the-navy-to-hide-the-uss-mccain/ar-AAC9aNl?ocid=spartanntp
I was wrong, but I was not malevolent in any way, Mr. Biden said. I did not intentionally move to mislead anybody. And I didn't. To this day I didn't.
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html