Congressional Republicans have for months repeatedly written to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland demanding he appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the presidentās son, over his business dealings.
Some even demanded that a specific man be named to lead the inquiry: David C. Weiss, the Trump-appointed Delaware U.S. attorney who has long investigated the case.
But on Friday, after Mr. Garland elevated Mr. Weiss to special counsel status, Republicans in Congress reacted publicly not with triumph, but with outrage. āDavid Weiss canāt be trusted and this is just a new way to whitewash the Biden familyās corruption,ā Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
The reaction was a notable political development, one that underscored both how Mr. Weiss, a Republican, has fallen in conservative circles, and how deeply it has become ingrained in the G.O.P. to oppose the Justice Department at every turn.
āThe reality is this appointment is meant to distract from, and slow down, our investigations,ā said Representative Jason Smith, Republican of Missouri and chairman of Ways and Means, one of three congressional committees looking into the Biden familyās finances.
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Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, who had once called for Mr. Weiss to be made special counsel, said he no longer stands by that belief. āGiven the underhanded plea deal negotiated by the U.S. attorney from President Bidenās home state, itās clear Mr. Weiss isnāt the right person for the job,ā Mr. Grassley said.
But Democrat-aligned groups saw something else in the Republicansā about-face: disingenuousness.
āHouse Republicansā opposition to Trump appointee David Weissās appointment as special counsel is nothing more than another political stunt,ā said Kyle Herrig, the director of the Congressional Integrity Project, an advocacy group that defends President Biden from congressional investigations. āAfter months of calling for this, their dismay makes clear that they will stop at nothing to weaponize Congress to interfere with an ongoing investigation and harm Joe Biden.ā
This makes perfect sense when you start from the premise that āeverything a Democrat does is wrong.ā Merrick Garland, AG under the Biden administration (even though there is a strong separation between the Justice Dept and the rest of the executive branch), and Obamaās SCOTUS nominee (even though he was blocked by McConnell), made the appointment. Therefore, the appointment is wrong.
Remember when Orrin Hatch said that Obama didnāt have the guts to nominate āwell-respectedā Merrick Garland to replace Scalia? And when Obama nominated Garland, Republicans started calling him a far-left extremist?
This is just that, all over again.
it makes sense when you start from the premise that republicans are self-serving liars and bullies who will claim victimhood no matter the circumstances in an attempt to villainize their opponents against whom they have no real, substantive arguments.
hell, even in 2016, when Trump won the election, he still claimed that it was rigged!
They also canāt complain about him not having special counsel status any more. It hurts the sideshow they want to kick up in the media.
Even more important, they now know that this investigation will probably be handled quickly and uneventfully, undermining everything theyāve been squawking about for the past couple years.
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Republicans want to forget how āAGā Barr destroyed all norms for judicial impartiality and blatantly acted as djtās personal lawyer - at times even protecting him from financial burden from all the lawsuits at the expense of taxpayers footing the bill.
Republicans have no leg to stand on and call Merrick Garland to be partial in any way. All republicans are doing is further proving they are so full of shit.
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