The United States judicial system is no longer a system of “rule of law,” even the left admits this to be true.
A primary principle of “rule of law” is that there be equal treatment. Equal treatment means that all people are treated the same regardless of any differences including political philosophy. This used to be true in the United States, but the Obama Department of Justice under Holder had the policy that if a crime was committed by a supporter of the transformation movement, it would not be prosecuted, but any action by an opponent of the transformation movement would be a crime. The Department of Justice hired attorneys for the specific purpose of finding some law that could be applied to bring a charge. The Biden Department of Justice no longer tries to conceal this strategy, but openly proclaims it to be so. They ignore arson, burglary, destruction of property, and assault for rioters that are rioting to promote the transformation movement. They put people prison even for actions specifically protected by the Constitution. Finally, a leftist judge has openly admitted how the Biden administration Department of Justice has a two-tiered approach: A federal judge tore into the Justice Department for blowing off Hunter Biden-related subpoenas issued in the impeachment probe of his father, 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.” “I imagine that there are hundreds, if not thousands of defense attorneys … who would be happy to hear that DOJ’s position is, if you don’t agree with a subpoena, if you believe it’s unconstitutional or unlawful, you can unilaterally not show up,” the judge said. The Department of Justice attorney suggested that the employees subpoenaed in the dispute at issue are current employees, while Navarro and another Trump adviser who was convicted of similar charges, Steve Bannon, were no longer on the government’s payroll when their testimony was demanded. The judge didn’t seem impressed with that distinction. Perhaps there is reason for hope.
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