Garland tap-danced himself right into the middle of a mine field during his opening statement. During his opening statement, Garland said “Our job is to pursue justice, without fear or favor. Our job is not to do what is politically convenient. Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress or from anyone else about who or what to criminally investigate. As the President himself has said, and I reaffirm today, I am not the president’s lawyer. I will add I am not Congress’s prosecutor. The Justice Department works for the American people. Our job is to follow the facts and the law. That is what we do.”

AG Garland is right in this respect. It isn’t easy running interference for Joe Biden’s corrupt crack-head son. That’s essentially what Garland’s job description is. I don’t know if AG Garland made the final decision to let Hunter Biden’s felony tax evasion charges run past the statute of limitations. Still, that’s what happened. By not getting an indictment on those charges, Hunter can’t be prosecuted on those charges.

[There is no way to explain how Weiss stalled on charging decisions until after the statute of limitations passed, other than deliberate obstruction. IRS investigators knew they had a prosecutable case, and so did Weiss. Instead of proceeding under the authority that Garland assured Congress Weiss had, Weiss chose to be stymied by other prosecutors and then sit on his hands. Garland’s Lady MacBeth act isn’t fooling anyone; he’s either grossly incompetent or corrupt. There isn’t a third choice. — Ed]