{"id":2012519,"date":"2023-08-25T19:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-fundraising-off-the-weaponization-of-justice-as-trump-arrested-in-georgia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T19:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T23:59:40","slug":"biden-slammed-for-fundraising-off-the-weaponization-of-justice-as-trump-arrested-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-fundraising-off-the-weaponization-of-justice-as-trump-arrested-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden criticized for exploiting justice for fundraising as Trump gets arrested in Georgia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-slammed-for-fundraising-off-the-weaponization-of-justice-as-trump-arrested-in-georgia%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=2012519&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>President Joe Biden Slammed for Fundraising Off the Weaponization of Justice<\/h2>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> was\u2062 slammed by Republicans for \u201cfundraising off the weaponization of justice\u201d after he posted a 2024 campaign pitch asking \u2063for donations as former President Donald Trump\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-returns-to-twitter-posts-mugshot-and-links-to-donations-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was being processed<\/a> at a jail in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was processed in Fulton County jail Thursday evening shortly after 7:30 p.m. EST, where he had a mugshot\u2064 taken \u200dand posted his $200,000 bond. The former president is facing \u200b13 felony charges for his actions in the \u2063aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Around the time he was\u200d being booked, Biden\u2019s account posted a request for \u2063donations on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApropos of nothing, I think today\u2019s a great day to give to my campaign,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1694854654834643104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was widely condemned by \u2064Republican \u2063officials and conservative commentators, who said the \u2062president was using the arrest of his political rival to raise money.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBiden celebrates the\u2063 weaponization of the justice system against \u200chis political enemies by asking for campaign contributions,\u201d the House Freedom Caucus <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freedomcaucus\/status\/1695075166928163155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWhen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-bill-granting-temporary-debt-ceiling-extension\/\" title=\"Biden Signs Bill Granting Temporary Debt Ceiling Extension\">government funding runs<\/a> out 9\/30, \u200cDemocrats want a shutdown instead\u2062 of reforming \u200dthe DOJ to go after real criminals instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-blasts-woke-u-s-army-recruitment-videos-another-institution-crippled-by-woke-political-correctness\/\" title=\"Crenshaw Blasts \u2018Woke\u2019 U.S. Army Recruitment Videos: \u2018Another Institution Crippled By Woke Political Correctness\u2019\">political witch hunts<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) called the fundraising pitch from Biden \u201cappalling.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJoe \u2063is openly asking people to reward him for trying to IMPRISON his political \u200dopposition. Wake up, folks. This\u2062 is appalling,\u201d Ogles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyOgles\/status\/1695078431535346057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeCollinsGA\/status\/1694864419107336236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Biden had turned the country into a \u201cBanana Republic\u201d and was \u201claughing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1692980418669000&#038;usg=AOvVaw15MNQZ1U33fOZBroIc4gYb\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sens.\u200c Rick Scott (R-FL) and Eric Schmidt (R-MO) \u2062also blasted Biden for the post.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[Joe Biden] pleads guilty to going after\u200d his political opponent,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTotally not a political prosecution,\u201d Schmitt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/1694931671911411874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think today is a great day to Make America \u2063Great Again \u2026 And begin the process of firing you,\u201d Trump strategist Chris LaCivita <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaCivitaC\/status\/1694870493797462326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c7:30pm? The same \u2064time of Trump\u2019s arrest?\u2062 Biden is fundraising off the \u200cweaponization of justice against his leading \u200bpolitical opponent,\u201d said Ryann McEnany, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-fundraising-off-the-weaponization-of-justice-as-trump-arrested-in-georgia\/\" title=\"Biden criticized for exploiting justice for fundraising as Trump gets arrested in Georgia.\">brand communications strategist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the timing on this tweet: precisely the time set for Trump\u2019s arrest last night. Trump says that this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment-2\/\" title=\"Trump enlists Capitol Hill allies to protect him before third indictment.\">election\u200d interference<\/a>; Biden says it isn\u2019t. This tweet is pretty good evidence Trump \u200bis right. Biden is now saying the quiet\u2064 part out loud,\u201d Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1695101186263650557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on X\u200b for the first time since he was deplatformed at the end of his presidency, posting a picture of\u2062 his mugshot with the words \u201cElection Interference,\u201d \u201cNever Surrender,\u201d and his campaign website\u2063 address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans criticized President Joe Biden for soliciting campaign donations while former President Donald Trump was being processed at a Georgia jail. 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