Still, the impact of the Biden documents is likely to extend beyond whataboutism and congressional hearings. “It complicates things,” warned Donald Ayer, who was a top Justice Department official in the George H.W. If Smith indicts Trump, but Hur does not indict Biden, Trump supporters will inevitably charge that a double standard is at work. The spectacle of Biden’s Justice Department prosecuting his predecessor would discomfit many who don’t love Trump. The investigation of Biden’s documents, by contrast, started only a few weeks ago.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 31, 2023 01:15 UTC