Makes no sense, Joe ain't getting impeached much less indicted.
Looks like the weaponization of the DOJ bullshit is........well, bullshit.
Bob’s indictment is, of course, merely a DoJ plot to create the illusion of impartiality, just like the Hunter Biden charges, and especially the charges Ray Epps just pleaded guilty to. That wily deep state’ll sneak right up on ya, if you’re not careful.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/us/politic...stice.html
Menendez Indictment Appears to Undercut Claims of ‘Two-Tiered System’ of Justice
"FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year
[...]In a decade in the U.S. attorney’s office, Cooney, 46, had gained a reputation as a bold prosecutor who took on big cases.
In 2017, he argued the government’s bribery case against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), which ended in a mistrial and with the Justice Department withdrawing the charges. In 2019, he oversaw the team that convicted Stone on charges of witness tampering and lying to Congress.
Cooney signed off on recommending a prison sentence of seven to nine years, but Barr pressed to cut it by more than half after Trump tweeted that it was “horrible and very unfair.” Trump later pardoned Stone."
The indictment of the Democratic senator from New Jersey comes at a politically opportune moment for the besieged Justice Department.
The case against Senator Bob Menendez appears to support Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s oft-repeated declaration that he will
“pursue justice without fear or favor” without partisan bias. Kenny Holston/The New York Times
By Glenn Thrush
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 22, 2023Updated 7:23 p.m. ET
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.
Forty-eight hours later, the Justice Department indicted one of the most powerful Democrats in the Senate — Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee — on bribery charges, making public a trove of evidence, including cash and gold bars stashed at his house.
The department’s aggressive pursuit of Mr. Menendez appeared to undercut claims that Mr. Trump is the victim of pervasive political bias that targets leaders on the right while shielding transgressors on the left.
The entanglement of electoral politics and law enforcement is becoming the norm, and the prosecution of a top Democrat up for re-election in 2024 has political as well as legal reverberations.
. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/us/politic...-dept.html .
“This case really should silence any critic who wrongly suggests that D.O.J. is politicized under Garland,” said Anthony D. Coley, a former spokesman for the department. “This D.O.J. follows the facts — and isn’t influenced by partisan politics, political affiliation or wealth — not anything but facts and law.”
Barbara Comstock, a former Republican congresswoman from Virginia, said recent indictments showed the department was functioning as it should. “The department goes where the facts lead them,” she wrote on X ..
Looks like the weaponization of the DOJ bullshit is........well, bullshit.
Bob’s indictment is, of course, merely a DoJ plot to create the illusion of impartiality, just like the Hunter Biden charges, and especially the charges Ray Epps just pleaded guilty to. That wily deep state’ll sneak right up on ya, if you’re not careful.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/us/politic...stice.html
Menendez Indictment Appears to Undercut Claims of ‘Two-Tiered System’ of Justice
"FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year
[...]In a decade in the U.S. attorney’s office, Cooney, 46, had gained a reputation as a bold prosecutor who took on big cases.
In 2017, he argued the government’s bribery case against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), which ended in a mistrial and with the Justice Department withdrawing the charges. In 2019, he oversaw the team that convicted Stone on charges of witness tampering and lying to Congress.
Cooney signed off on recommending a prison sentence of seven to nine years, but Barr pressed to cut it by more than half after Trump tweeted that it was “horrible and very unfair.” Trump later pardoned Stone."
The indictment of the Democratic senator from New Jersey comes at a politically opportune moment for the besieged Justice Department.
The case against Senator Bob Menendez appears to support Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s oft-repeated declaration that he will
“pursue justice without fear or favor” without partisan bias. Kenny Holston/The New York Times
By Glenn Thrush
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 22, 2023Updated 7:23 p.m. ET
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.
Forty-eight hours later, the Justice Department indicted one of the most powerful Democrats in the Senate — Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee — on bribery charges, making public a trove of evidence, including cash and gold bars stashed at his house.
The department’s aggressive pursuit of Mr. Menendez appeared to undercut claims that Mr. Trump is the victim of pervasive political bias that targets leaders on the right while shielding transgressors on the left.
The entanglement of electoral politics and law enforcement is becoming the norm, and the prosecution of a top Democrat up for re-election in 2024 has political as well as legal reverberations.
. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/us/politic...-dept.html .
“This case really should silence any critic who wrongly suggests that D.O.J. is politicized under Garland,” said Anthony D. Coley, a former spokesman for the department. “This D.O.J. follows the facts — and isn’t influenced by partisan politics, political affiliation or wealth — not anything but facts and law.”
Barbara Comstock, a former Republican congresswoman from Virginia, said recent indictments showed the department was functioning as it should. “The department goes where the facts lead them,” she wrote on X ..
