• Economy
  • Editor’s Pick
Money Rise Today – Investing and Stock News
  • Investing
  • Stock
Editor's Pick

Faith in DOJ plummets as Biden, pardoning Hunter, joins Trump in denouncing the department

by December 4, 2024
written by December 4, 2024

Let’s face it, trust in most of our government institutions has utterly collapsed.

Many people don’t have faith in the FDA, the DOD, HUD, Homeland Security, the health agencies, and the list goes on. And they don’t trust the media to deliver basic facts about Washington without bias and blunders.

These sentiments have basically been growing for the last 60 years, since the lies about Vietnam merged with the lies about Watergate and forced Richard Nixon to resign.

But the most sensitive federal agency, everyone would agree, is the Justice Department, including the FBI. Donald Trump has been attacking these agencies for years (along with the ‘fake news’), accusing them of politically persecuting him. He campaigned outside courthouses by telling reporters the prosecutors and judges were awful people who were out to get him solely because he was the leading candidate to win back the White House.

Joe Biden, by breaking his promise not to pardon his son Hunter, did more than just lie. He ripped his own DOJ for ‘selectively and unfairly prosecuting’ his son. 

I used to patrol the endless hallways of the J. Edgar Hoover building as the Justice Department beat reporter. On the criminal side, it is supposed to be independent, since Justice often winds up investigating the administration. Back in the day it was filled with fair-minded career prosecutors who pursued legitimate leads regardless of party.

In saying that Hunter Biden was singled out for harsh treatment, the outgoing president is making the same argument as the incoming president, that the department is badly biased. Little wonder that so many people don’t trust DOJ.

All Biden had to do when repeatedly asked about a pardon or commutation was ‘I’m not going to discuss hypotheticals.’ Then at least he wouldn’t have the lying part.

There is no question that Pam Bondi, despite some roughing up, will be the next attorney general, having precisely the experience (Florida AG, career prosecutor) that Matt Gaetz so blatantly lacked. She is not going to blow up the department.

But in picking Kash Patel to run the FBI – and ignoring that Chris Wray is not through with his 10-year term – Trump is sending a very different message. And this isn’t some dark secret. It’s in the nominee’s own words.

Patel has vowed to shut down the bureau’s Washington headquarters. He said last year on Steve Bannon’s podcast, which we played on ‘Media Buzz’: ‘We will go out and find the conspirators…not just in government, but in the media.… Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll figure that out.’

In his 2022 book ‘Government Gangsters,’ Patel names 60 people as part of the deep state,  ‘a cabal of unelected tyrants…the most dangerous threat to our democracy.’ The press has dubbed this an enemies list.

It includes the aforementioned Bill Barr (for blocking his appointment), NSC chairman John Bolton (an ‘arrogant control freak’), and Defense Secretary Mark Esper (who tried to fire him).

Also on the list, as recounted by the New Republic:

Joe Biden. 

Kamala Harris.

Hillary Clinton.

Merrick Garland.

Samantha Power, who now runs the Agency for International Development.

Former Obama officials James Clapper; John Brennan; Peter Strzok (who trashed Trump in texts with his FBI girlfriend, Lisa Page), Andrew McCabe (FBI deputy director), Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch.

A striking number are Donald Trump’s own appointees: Pat Cippolone (his White House counsel). Gina Haspel (his CIA director). Mark Esper. Charles Kupperman (his deputy national security adviser).

Cassidy Hutchinson (Mark Meadows’ top aide, who criticized Trump in her testimony before the House Jan. 6 committee).

It’s a pretty big list. And having worked for Trump hardly provides immunity.

Patel would have his work cut out for him, though he’d have to get a career prosecutor to submit a wiretap request or search warrant to the courts.

Meanwhile, many Democratic lawmakers are hitting their party’s president pretty hard for the Hunter pardon, in interviews with the Times.

Colorado Congressman Jason Crow: He promised he would not do this. I think it will make it harder for us going forward when we talk about upholding democracy.’

Washington Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: ‘The president made the wrong decision. No family should be above the law.’

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet said the Biden move ‘put personal interest ahead of duty and further erodes Americans’ faith that the justice system is fair and equal for all.’ And his late dropout from the race was also ‘putting his personal interest ahead of his responsibility to the country.’

Vermont Sen. Peter Welch: ‘President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter is, as the action of a loving father, understandable — but as the action of our nation’s chief executive, unwise.’ 

Michigan Sen. Gary Peters: ‘Wrong.’

Pretty bracing stuff.

Some progressives defended Biden, such as Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett: ‘Way to go Joe!’ She said a 34-count convicted felon is about to walk into the White House, perhaps missing the news that Jack Smith has dropped the charges.

On ‘Morning Joe’ yesterday, Mika Brzezinski, while saying she wished Biden hadn’t promised no pardon, took on the coverage: ‘You look at what has happened on the Trump side, especially if you even parallel pardons that Trump has done himself, it’s just always so — it seems so hysterically imbalanced!’

Joe Scarborough spoke of ‘the frustration that many Democrats are having on the New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, a lot of mainstream organizations blowing this up to the size that they believe is really out of proportion, given everything Donald Trump has done in the past and what he’s doing right now.’

Still, the two presidents have wound up in the same place in their view of the Justice Department as partisan and politicized.

One fascinating tidbit dug up by the Times: When Biden had Trump to the White House, according to three sources, and listened to his familiar grievances about the biased DOJ – the president-elect ‘surprised his host by sympathizing with the Biden family’s own troubles with the department.’

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS
0 comment
0
FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail

previous post
Federal judge accuses President Biden of attempting to ‘rewrite history’ in Hunter Biden pardon
next post
5 wild ways Democrats have embraced the Monty Python strategy of politics

related articles

Elon Musk sports black eye at farewell presser...

May 30, 2025

Biden says he could ‘beat the hell out...

May 30, 2025

Donald Trump fires National Portrait Gallery director for...

May 30, 2025

‘American hero’ or ‘failure’: Elon Musk’s DOGE departure...

May 30, 2025

Unfinished Business: The budget cuts Musk couldn’t complete...

May 30, 2025

Alleged attempt to impersonate White House chief of...

May 30, 2025

Inside the late-night drama that led to Trump’s...

May 30, 2025

I’m a physician and I’m worried that our...

May 30, 2025

Trump denounces court’s ‘political’ tariff decision, calls on...

May 30, 2025

President Trump teases ‘last day, but not really’...

May 30, 2025
Enter Your Information Below To Receive Free Trading Ideas, Latest News, And Articles.


Your information is secure and your privacy is protected. By opting in you agree to receive emails from us. Remember that you can opt-out any time, we hate spam too!

Latest News

  • Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy approved by MHRA in the UK for cardiovascular prevention

    July 23, 2024
  • Rashida Tlaib refuses to endorse Kamala Harris as Gaza war takes toll on Dem voter base

    November 2, 2024
  • Oil and natural gas: Oil slides to new low as stocks fall

    August 5, 2024
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has passed away after battle with pancreatic cancer

    July 20, 2024
  • ‘We are bullish’: House GOP takes aim at these 26 Dem seats in midterms

    March 17, 2025

Popular Posts

  • 1

    Secret Service admits leaning on ‘state and local partners’ after claim it ignored Trump team’s past requests

    July 21, 2024
  • 2

    Elon and Vivek should tackle US funding for this boondoogle organization and score a multimillion dollar win

    December 4, 2024
  • 3

    Forex Profit Calculator: Maximize Your Trading Potential

    July 10, 2024
  • 4

    Five more House Democrats call on Biden to drop out, third US senator

    July 19, 2024
  • 5

    Biden calls to ‘lower the temperature’ then bashes Trump in NAACP speech

    July 17, 2024

Categories

  • Economy (829)
  • Editor's Pick (4,731)
  • Investing (624)
  • Stock (775)

Latest Posts

  • Caroline Ellison seeks to duck prison sentence for role in FTX collapse

    September 12, 2024
  • GOP lawmaker gifts ‘chip of the Berlin Wall’ to colleagues in bid for top committee spot

    December 3, 2024
  • Trump names his personal criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general

    November 15, 2024

Recent Posts

  • Nikki Haley breaks with Trump on IVF proposal, still says she’s ‘on standby’ for campaign

    September 8, 2024
  • Trump expresses ‘absolute confidence’ as Steve Witkoff is sworn in as special Middle East envoy

    May 7, 2025
  • ‘Mr. Brexit’ advocates for UK DOGE over ‘complete waste’ of taxpayer money

    February 12, 2025

Editor’s Pick

  • Harris supporters say keep some Biden policies, lose others amid reports she is seeking ‘distance’

    August 15, 2024
  • Israel’s targeted response against Iran sends new warnings to regime about IDF’s capabilities, experts say

    October 28, 2024
  • REBECCA GRANT: Assad’s ouster makes Syria the key to elusive Middle East peace

    December 8, 2024
  • About us
  • Contacts
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Disclaimer: moneyrisetoday.com, its managers, its employees, and assigns (collectively “The Company”) do not make any guarantee or warranty about what is advertised above. Information provided by this website is for research purposes only and should not be considered as personalized financial advice. The Company is not affiliated with, nor does it receive compensation from, any specific security. The Company is not registered or licensed by any governing body in any jurisdiction to give investing advice or provide investment recommendation. Any investments recommended here should be taken into consideration only after consulting with your investment advisor and after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company.

Copyright © 2025 moneyrisetoday.com | All Rights Reserved

Money Rise Today – Investing and Stock News
  • Economy
  • Editor’s Pick
Money Rise Today – Investing and Stock News
  • Investing
  • Stock