{"id":1952563,"date":"2023-06-21T00:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T04:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-the-gop-doing-about-the-doj-double-standard\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T00:18:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T04:18:12","slug":"whats-the-gop-doing-about-the-doj-double-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-the-gop-doing-about-the-doj-double-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the GOP doing about the DOJ&#8217;s double standard?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhats-the-gop-doing-about-the-doj-double-standard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1952563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Hunter Biden Plea Deal: A Double Standard of Justice<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hunter-biden-reaches-plea-deal-over-tax-crimes-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden plea deal<\/a> shows that the Department of Justice has a double standard! It\u2019s a slap on the wrist! It\u2019s hypocrisy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Yada, yada, yada. <\/em>We get it. What\u2019s the GOP doing about it? That\u2019s the real question that matters today.<\/p>\n<h3>The Deal and the Outrage<\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that Hunter Biden negotiated a deal with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss. Hunter will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/documents\/2c4e5203-5c3b-47bd-b0c2-565030806ce2.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plead guilty<\/a> to <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">failing to pay about $100,000 in taxes for 2017 and for failing to pay a similar amount for 2018.<\/span> He will also admit to the facts of a gun charge, an in-between of a guilty and non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cia-director-good-idea-to-send-maga-wearing-unvaxxed-americans-to-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Former CIA Director: \u2018Good Idea\u2019 To Send \u2018MAGA Wearing Unvaxxed\u2019 Americans To Afghanistan\">-guilty plea<\/a>. The tax charges Hunter faces are misdemeanors, and he is expected to not face any jail time.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts such as Brett Tolman, a former U.S. Attorney for Utah, slammed the deal, pointing out that it ran afoul of the DOJ\u2019s own protocols.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They are ignoring decades of policy and precedent to seek felonies not misdemeanors and seek sentences within the guideline range. The diversion agreement on the felony is offensive to everyone not politically connected who sought diversions and were literally laughed at by DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brett L. Tolman (@tolmanbrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tolmanbrett\/status\/1671155196024737799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>George Washington University Professor of Law and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley weighed in on the legal developments as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jonathan Turley on Hunter Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-ranking-dem-asks-doj-to-charge-all-perpetrators-from-capitol-riot-after-report-suggests-they-might-not\/\" title=\"High-Ranking Dem Asks DOJ To Charge All \u2018Perpetrators\u2019 From Capitol Riot After Report Suggests They Might Not\">plea agreement<\/a>: \u201cFor many, this is gonna look like you ticketed the getaway driver after a bank robbery.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yvX7wskpIT\">pic.twitter.com\/yvX7wskpIT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1671162228442279939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tolman and Turley are not in Congress, but they are smart people.<\/p>\n<h3>Republican Response: Trivial Observations<\/h3>\n<p>So you would hope \u2014 even against all odds \u2014 that Republicans would take their observations, expand on them, and produce a credible plan that shows how the GOP will wield its constitutional authority to put an end to this perversion of justice and to hold Democrats accountable for their crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Yet rather than have a robust response, Republican lawmakers seem to be mostly spouting off trivial observations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EliseStefanik<\/a> reacts to Hunter Biden news. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, you have Joe Biden&#8217;s Department of Justice giving the son of the sitting president of the U.S. Hunter Biden a slap on the wrist, and meanwhile you have them continuing this witch hunt against Donald Trump.\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMail?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DailyMail<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bBTGc5iIm8\">pic.twitter.com\/bBTGc5iIm8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelly Laco (@kelly_laco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kelly_laco\/status\/1671175550864334853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) really let the American people know how mad he is by making his statement in all caps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOUBLE STANDARD OF JUSTICE.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1671187639733571584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>I\u2019m sure that has the DOJ shaking in their boots, Jim!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Such comments don\u2019t really do anything to address the problem in the American legal system. How many more strongly worded letters will Republican politicians promise to send? Will another hearing make things right? Do they really think that any of that will force the DOJ or Democrats to change their ways?<\/p>\n<h3>A Call for Action<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s all a bit reminiscent of past corruption that Republicans promised to get to the bottom of, such as Benghazi, the IRS-Tea Party Scandal, Operation Fast &#038; Furious, Hillary\u2019s emails, and countless other examples. Once they get to the bottom of the outrage <em>du jour<\/em>, that\u2019s where the GOP remains. Meanwhile, Democrats and their allies move on to the next abuse of power.<\/p>\n<p>In one shrewd observation, Twitter user Shem Horne tweeted, \u201cIt\u2019s a brazen move to try to throw your political opponent in prison, while letting your son off the hook for his crimes that implicate you, all while you are up for re-election in a year, but I guess if you don\u2019t have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-first-main-foreign-policy-test-within-georgia\/\" title=\"Biden Faces First Main Foreign Policy Test within Georgia\">opposition party<\/a> or independent press that\u2019s what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s a brazen move to try to throw your political opponent in prison, while letting your son off the hook for his crimes that implicate you, all while you are up for re-election in a year, but I guess if you don&#8217;t have an opposition party or independent press that&#8217;s what happens.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shem Horne (@Shem_Infinite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shem_Infinite\/status\/1671165129877241858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, that is what happens without any real pushback. So what\u2019s a good place to start?<\/p>\n<p>Well, for one, prosecutors in Republican districts could start going after Democrats. Democrats only understand force \u2014 and that\u2019s a legal force that they\u2019ve now opened the door to. Then, as former President Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have touted, the next GOP president needs to start using his authority to actually dismantle the Deep State and restore order at the DOJ and FBI. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/2024-candidates-run-against-the-administrative-state-desantis-ramaswamy-twitter-bureaucrats-reagan-trump-7d535e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here\u2019s just one way the president can do that<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those suggestions aren\u2019t set in stone. This author is open to any and all legal ideas. Stopping this rot is going to require creativity.<\/p>\n<p>There is one Republican coming up with new ideas to fight back. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), to his credit, has vowed to block DOJ nominees until Biden stops harassing his political opponents, even saying he would \u201cgrind this department to a halt\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Until Merrick Garland stops using his agency to harass Joe Biden\u2019s political opponents, I will hold all DoJ nominees. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UVRwi6Ue01\">pic.twitter.com\/UVRwi6Ue01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1668687446022692893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, it\u2019s abundantly clear that whatever the GOP-at-large has been doing up until this point hasn\u2019t been working. The usual rigamarole of \u201cdemanding answers\u201d simply won\u2019t cut it anymore.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Department of Justice, raising concerns about their alleged double standard and hypocrisy. While the plea deal is seen as a mere slap on the wrist, the focus should shift to the actions taken by the GOP. What steps are they taking to address this issue? This is the crucial question that demands attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1952564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7550,4534,6203,5424],"class_list":["post-1952563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-dojs","tag-double","tag-gop","tag-standard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1952564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}