It all sounds mildly conspiratorial, and it’s all happening before the Oversight Committee, which I am skeptical of.

But, at the moment, I’m becoming increasingly receptive to the suggestion that the DOJ is operating to enact a political agenda.

Why? Well, first of all, the DOJ is an executive branch department, technically within the purview of the president. But mostly, because of the DOJ’s recent behavior with respect to former president, and chief Biden political rival, Donald Trump. Namely, the DOJ’s decision last month to indict Trump on 37-charges relating to his handling of classified documents raised some red flags. …

I’m skeptical. The entire ordeal appears nakedly political. And if the DOJ can be politically manipulative with respect to criminal charges against a former president, the DOJ can certainly be politically manipulative with respect to limiting a tax investigation into the sitting president’s son.

[That’s the biggest risk coming out of the Hunter Biden sweetheart plea deal. The DoJ needs extraordinary credibility to pull off a prosecution of a rival to the current president. And they’re pissing it away to protect the president’s son. — Ed]