Sarah Bedford says Trump has the perfect split screen with DOJ’s investigation.
The Washington Examiner: Trump’s Split Screen
The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford said Thursday that former President Donald Trump “couldn’t ask for a better split screen” when it comes to the very different handling of investigations against him and members of the Biden family.
Bedford’s analysis comes ahead of an expected indictment for Trump over the January 6, 2021, Capitol protest, making it the third indictment that Trump has faced this year. The previous indictments took place in April and June, with the latter indictment centering on his handling of classified documents after leaving the Oval Office in 2021.
Trump’s Perspective
“I think from Donald Trump’s perspective, though, he really couldn’t ask for a better split screen to drive home the argument that he’s making around all of this, which is that the Justice Department is coming after him way too aggressively, that they’re targeting him specifically,” Bedford said during an appearance on Fox News. “You have prosecutors in the case of Donald Trump having really aggressive interpretations of statute, allowing them, for example, to strip away Trump’s attorney-client privilege in the classified documents case and a lot of other, sometimes even questionable interpretations of the law to try and sort of get Trump.”
Bedford went on to say that, on the other hand, there is “pretty clear evidence” that the Justice Department is “pulling its punches” investigating its case on the Biden family. She then added that the department has some “really generous interpretations of statute” to help the Biden family out of trouble.
“So I think that split screen may actually end up helping Trump,” said Bedford.
Some lawmakers in the House of Representatives have floated the idea of impeaching President Joe Biden over alleged corruption, and the president’s son, Hunter Biden, is facing his own set of legal challenges. On Wednesday, Delaware federal District Judge Maryellen Noreika threw a “curveball” and said she was not ready to accept a plea agreement that would have resolved tax and gun charges against the younger Biden.
“And actually, I’m not surprised that the judge had a problem with it,” said former White House chief of staff Karl Rove. “Think about that: ‘Give me a free pass on anything that you may not have been able to pin on me so far, but that you may find out about me in the months ahead.'”
Ahead of the expected third indictment centering on the Capitol riot, special counsel Jack Smith’s office recently contacted Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) in relation to the investigation of Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results there, leading to speculation about a fourth indictment. Following initial state election results, Trump asked Kemp to call a special session of the state legislature to overturn Biden’s win in Georgia.
Despite his legal troubles, Trump has expanded his lead over competitors in the Republican primary battle ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In new weekly polling of a hypothetical 2024 Republican primary match-up, Trump saw his support from respondents rise to 59%, giving him a 43-point lead over his closest challenger, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who slipped to 16%.
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