Wait a minute, don’t they get a presumption of innocence? No, they don’t. This is a congressional inquiry, not a criminal case.

If foreign payments are proved, we’re entitled to presume Biden is compromised for the same reason the government may deny a security clearance out of well-founded fear of potential corruption.

In a criminal trial, a defendant is presumed innocent because the government seeks to convict him and remove his right to liberty.

But political power is a privilege, not a right. Joe Biden has been trusted to wield the awesome powers of the presidency. There’s no presumption of entitlement to a privilege.

[Tell that to the media. They’ve been trying to hide this Biden Inc ball for years, and have become accessories to the corruption. Ultimately, however, Biden won’t get disqualified by this Congress; the numbers simply won’t support an impeachment, let alone a removal. Voters will have to “disqualify” Biden, and to get them to do that, Republicans have to offer a real alternative. — Ed]