Hur, Biden, and the Two-Tiered System of Justice: The Cases of the Biden-Trump Era
At a time when some House Republicans are skeptical about the party’s inquiry into President Biden, Hur’s appearance comes at that time.
Put aside for the moment that Hur could not explain why he needed to speculate at length about Biden’s memory and cognitive functioning, since he admitted he didn’t have sufficient evidence to recommend charges in the first place. Why was he not reported on when he said that Biden had a photographic understanding and recall in at least one instance?
Democrats on the committee are likely to use Hur’s appearance to draw a sharp contrast between Biden and Trump, who look set for a rematch in the 2024 presidential race.
Republicans, meanwhile, seized on the description of Biden to raise questions about the president’s mental acuity. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other senior Republicans, for example, said that “a man too incapable of being held accountable for mishandling classified information is certainly unfit for the Oval Office.”
At the same time, Johnson and his fellow GOP leaders in the House claimed that the decision not to charge Biden was evidence of a “two-tiered system of justice,” echoing a claim that former President Donald Trump has also made without evidence.
Trump is facing a separate investigation, led by special counsel Jack Smith, into his own alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the presidency. There were some boxes of classified materials found at Trump’s residence in Florida.
There are significant differences between the Biden and Trump cases. After they found out about the records, Biden’s attorneys returned them. Trump is accused of trying to obstruct justice department efforts to get the classified documents back.
If the allegations against Mr. Trump are proven, they would present very serious facts.
The investigation, led by Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and James Comer, R-Ky., has continued for months without producing any direct evidence that Biden was involved in any of his family’s foreign business dealings.
The Swampland: What do we really care about in the Presence of Donald Trump? Comment on Tiffany’s “The Praetorian Guard”
Representative Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin said to Hur, “You are part of the Praetorian Guard that guards the swamp out here in DC, protecting the elites.”
Tom McClintock of California used his allotted time to complain about the classified-documents prosecution of Donald Trump, charging the Biden administration with using the rule of law as “a weapon to wield against political rivals and a tool of despotism.”
With every day of the Trump presidency, it is clear that they don’t want to win. They don’t even care about classified-document retention. They care about nothing more than their grievances about the swamp, the deep state and the elites, any of which is a government that they control.