In a twist dripping with irony, the indictment of former FBI boss James Comey \u2014 Obama-Biden\u2019s golden boy \u2014 has the Left and their media allies in full meltdown, screeching (with zero proof, of course) that Trump is somehow \u201cweaponizing\u201d the DOJ.<\/p>\n
No shock here \u2014 instead of digging into the allegations, CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper spent his Sunday \u201cState of the Union\u201d show playing gotcha games with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), obsessing over whether the process was \u201cacceptable\u201d rather than the facts.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust looking at the principle at stake here, if you can remove Comey and Trump out of the equation, as a constitutional attorney and the speaker of the House of Representatives, do you believe it\u2019s acceptable for any president to publicly or privately instruct their attorney general to prosecute a political opponent and go as far as firing a U.S. attorney if they don\u2019t bring charges because they don\u2019t think the case is strong enough?\u201d the sanctimonious Tapper asked.<\/p>\n
Johnson, wisely, didn\u2019t take the bait \u2014 instead turning the tables on Tapper and reminding him that it was a grand jury, not Trump or the DOJ, that handed down the indictment, clearly seeing the serious charges as worthy of prosecution (video below):<\/p>\n
I\u2019m glad you brought up the principle. That is exactly what\u2019s at issue here.<\/p>\n
James Comey lied to Congress, OK? He took an oath. He said things to Congress that were simply not true. It\u2019s called perjury. A grand jury that is not \u2014 a nonpartisan, non-biased grand jury that was assembled looked at the charges, and they agreed, they voted to bring an indictment of James Comey, not President Trump, not the DOJ, but a grand jury.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s how our system works. It\u2019s a very important principle for us to apply that everybody has to subscribe to the law, even a former FBI director. And he has lots to answer for. There are many things that he could have been indicted for, but the statute of limitations ran out on so many of those matters. Not here. Perjury is important. You can\u2019t \u2014 especially if you\u2019re a high official, appointed or elected official, you cannot raise your hand, take an oath, and lie to Congress. And that\u2019s an important principle, a principle, Jake, for us to advance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Tapper kept hammering away with his Democrat talking points, but Johnson wasn\u2019t having it. He fired back, setting the record straight \u2014 reminding viewers not only of Comey\u2019s dirty weaponization of the DOJ against Trump, but also of the four years of relentless lawfare Biden\u2019s DOJ has waged to kneecap his likely general election rival:<\/p>\n
But what I have cause with Jake is the total and utter weaponization of the Department of Justice. And Comey was a primary person responsible for that. They quite literally for four years under the Biden administration turned the entire apparatus of our judicial system against one person. His name is Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
The point is, the Department of Justice currently is doing what the Department of Justice should do. And they have to hold people accountable. We have to ensure that the rule of law applies to everyone. hand that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happening here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Democrats love to say \u2018no one is above the law,\u2019 but only when their favorites aren\u2019t being charged.<\/p>\n
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