The idea of a “two-tiered” justice system has long been a lazy and needlessly partisan argument, but given recent developments, now it's just ridiculous.
On Wednesday, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee repeatedly accused Attorney General Merrick B. Garland of singling out former President Donald J. Trump for selective prosecution, slamming him for what they call a “two-tiered system” of justice.
The whole idea of a “two-tiered” justice system has long been a lazy argument, concocted to help respond to the Trump indictments, in large part because attacking federal prosecutors with baseless allegations has been easier than trying to deal with the substance of the allegations pending against the former president.
But the laziness has been exposed in dramatic fashion of late. It was the Trump-era Justice Department that opened an investigation into Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, for example, and it was the Biden-era Justice Department that ultimately decidedagainst the Florida congressman. A politicized DOJ, hellbent on helping Democrats and targeting the party’s enemies, likely would’ve done the opposite.
This month’s indictments against Hunter Biden and Menendez did additional harm to the talking point that never should’ve been uttered.Anthony Coley, a former spokesperson for the department, saying, “This case [against the Democratic senator] really should silence any critic who wrongly suggests that D.O.J. is politicized under Garland. This D.O.J. follows the facts — and isn’t influenced by partisan politics, political affiliation or wealth — not anything but facts and law.
We know, of course, that it won’t silence those critics — assorted voices on the right are already incorporating the charges
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