Former Attorney General Bill Barr weighed in on the Justice Department’s slap on the wrist for presidential son Hunter Biden who was allowed to cop a plea on two misdemeanor counts and a minor firearm possession charge despite far more serious issues with corruption that could also implicate his father, President Joe Biden.
The announced plea deal will likely keep him out of jail, giving conservatives even more reason to believe that there are two systems of justice in America, one for connected Democrats and their protected allies, and another far harsher version for them, an idea that even Barr acknowledged during a Tuesday Fox News appearance on “The Story” with anchor Martha MacCallum.
(Video: Fox News)
“Well I think the indictment of President Trump, which was a grave, significant act, really demands that the department assure everybody that the investigations into the Bidens was thorough and that the final decisions reached were reasonable, and I agree with Jonathan Turley, it’s not looking that good,” Barr said, referring to the constitutional law expert who has been critical of Merrick Garland and said of the Hunter Biden deal, “This is gonna look like you ticketed the getaway driver after a bank robbery.”
“The key question as you say is, is this just the end of the gun and the tax case, or is this end of the whole shebang? All the other things that were swirling around that the press reported on. Alleged bribery, alleged money laundering and influence peddling and even allegations by whistleblowers of internal hanky-panky in the investigation,” he continued. “This demands a thorough accounting and so I don’t think the department can do what its normal act would be here or normal posture would be, which is to say nothing. I think the public interest demands that they assure people of the integrity of this investigation and the fairness of the final decision.”
“Half the country believes there’s a double standard of justice, or more than half of the country,” Barr later added. “I believe there’s a double standard and I’ve been an insider. And I said even before these pleas were announced, it was critical that the department provide assurance to the American people that these cases are gonna fairly and thoroughly followed through on, and now this burden is especially heavy.”
Barr also told Fox News Digital that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump “understandably sparked ire over a double standard” and said that his successor needs to take action to maintain public confidence in the DOJ.
“I think AG Garland should move quickly with concrete steps to address it,” he said. “The public needs to be assured that the two pending investigations about the Bidens – the one about mishandling of classified material and the broader one in Delaware – are being pursued with the same rigor as the case against Trump.”
The former attorney general said that public assurance is “especially needed now because of recent reports that an FBI whistleblower is suggesting some shenanigans possibly directed at undermining the Delaware investigation.”
“In light of the slow pace of that investigation, these reports are, frankly, very concerning. Chairman Comer and key senators are trying to get to the bottom of this,” he added.
“Under these circumstances, I think the AG should consider providing Chairman Comer, and his Senate supporters, the 1023 report they’ve been seeking, subject to terms necessary to protect the life and safety of a confidential source,” he added, suggesting that Garland should cooperate with House GOP lawmakers who are investigating allegations that Biden and his scoundrel of a son received $5 million bribes from a Ukrainian businessman, a country that the regime has plowed billions into.
“It’s murky,” Barr told the outlet, “but it seems the whistleblower is suggesting someone at FBI headquarters tried to shunt aside the same or similar allegations covered in the 1023.”
“I know DOJ has a strong policy against sharing these raw reports, and for good reason. Any FBI director would have had Wray’s reticence about turning it over, and I think he did his best to accommodate Chairman Comer,” he said. “But the AG is ultimately in charge and should make the call how far to go here because of the unique situation and the need to weigh and balance the public interests involved. There might be specific factors here that call for restrictions, but otherwise, the overall situation warrants leaning forward.”
House Republicans continue to investigate the dealings of Biden and his crime clan while U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss, the prosecutor in the Hunter Biden case said that the investigation was still “ongoing.”
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