Joe Biden s Malarkey Defense of Hunter – WSJ

The latest development came Thursday, courtesy of the House Ways and Means Committee. Republicans on the committee released testimony from two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers accusing the Justice Department of interfering in their investigation with the aim of protecting Hunter Biden. The testimony included a July 30, 2017, WhatsApp text allegedly showing Hunter Biden threatening a Chinese business partner who hadn t fulfilled some unnamed commitment. I am sitting here with my father, the note says. All this news comes on the heels of a plea agreement with the Justice Department that deals only with Hunter s taxes and a gun charge.

Team Biden has responded by going back to the script that worked so well in 2020, talking about how the president loves his son and attributing anything embarrassing to Hunter s crack-cocaine addiction. It s a bunch of malarkey, the president said earlier this month to a question about bribery. On Monday he tersely answered no when asked if the new evidence proves he hadn t been truthful about his knowledge of Hunter s business deals.

Democrats say these are unsubstantiated accusations from Republicans. That s rich, given that what Mr. Comer wants to know is whether the FBI and Justice made an honest effort to substantiate the information about the Bidens. Attorney General Merrick Garland has been careful not to address specifics. On Friday he painted criticisms of his department as a threat to democracy.

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It reminds me of watching a football game or a soccer match close up, close enough to see all the bad hits and cheap shots. Or more like a cage fight, when the ref barely has control of the match, or is in the process of losing control. And then one starts to wonder, have there ever been rules, really? Maybe the people who are claiming there are no rules are right. But one can hardly think that, can one? That would be a threat to democracy.