The politicization of the DOJ under Biden is akin to that of Fascist regimes throughout the world; add to that the dictators of Latin America. Peron, Noriega, Trujillo, Pinochet, Santa Anna, Samoza, Diaz, Castro and others. These thugs ruled with an Iron Fist, for they were the law.
Recently they let Biden off the hook. The interview has become one of the most notable and politically controversial parts of special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation, which concluded “there wasn’t enough evidence to charge Biden with criminal mishandling of records after his vice presidency.” In a final report, Hur called Biden, 81, “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Does anybody think that they would return the favor to Trump? Never in your lifetime.
Judge Ana Reyes delivered a memorable tongue-lashing to both sides in a hearing Friday over subpoenas to Justice Department lawyers who worked on the Hunter Biden tax probe. | Senate Judiciary Committee
‘Are you kidding me?’: Biden-appointed judge torches DOJ for blowing off Hunter Biden-related subpoenas from House GOP
Judge Ana Reyes also dinged the House for seeking testimony that is clearly privileged.
A federal judge tore into the Justice Department on Friday for blowing off Hunter Biden-related subpoenas issued in the impeachment probe of his father, President Joe Biden, pointing out that a former aide to Donald Trump is sitting in prison for similar defiance of Congress.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee on the federal District Court in Washington, spent nearly an hour accusing Justice Department attorneys of rank hypocrisy for instructing two other lawyers in the DOJ Tax Division not to comply with the House subpoenas.
“There’s a person in jail right now because you all brought a criminal lawsuit against him because he did not appear for a House subpoena,” Reyes said, referring to the recent imprisonment of Peter Navarro, a former Trump trade adviser, for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee. “And now you guys are flouting those subpoenas. … And you don’t have to show up?”
“I think it’s quite rich you guys pursue criminal investigations and put people in jail for not showing up,” but then direct current executive branch employees to take the same approach, the judge added. “You all are making a bunch of arguments that you would never accept from any other litigant.”
It was a remarkable, frenetic thrashing in what was expected to be a relatively routine, introductory status conference after the House Judiciary Committee sued last month to enforce its subpoena of DOJ attorneys Mark Daly and Jack Morgan over their involvement in the investigation of Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes.
Republicans are demanding the two attorneys testify and say it’s crucial for their ongoing impeachment probe of the elder Biden. But the Justice Department argues that subpoenaing two rank-and-file, or “line,” attorneys to seek details about an ongoing investigation would be a violation of the separation of powers.
Reyes has been on the bench for just over a year. Rarely seeming to stop to catch her breath, she repeatedly dressed down DOJ attorney James Gilligan as he sought to explain the department’s position, scolding him at times for interrupting her before continuing a torrid tongue-lashing that DOJ rarely receives from the bench. She delved into great detail about the nuances of House procedure — like the chamber’s rule against allowing executive branch lawyers to attend depositions — and even asked whether the Judiciary Committee had followed internal rules requiring that the ranking Democrat on the panel be notified of the subpoena to the DOJ attorneys before it was issued.