Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has hired the lawyer representing President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, after Menendez was indicted last week on federal corruption charges.

CNBC reported that Menendez hired Abbe Lowell to represent him in the case — the same lawyer that he hired in 2015 to represent him in a similar corruption case, although legal experts have said that the evidence in the current case is much stronger.

[Yeah, I don’t think one has to do with the other — and if it did, Lowell might not have taken the case. It’s less of a coincidence and more attributable to Lowell’s reputation as a legal heavyweight, and the fact that Menendez hired him the last time out and won. But as smart as this choice is, Menendez probably undid a good portion of the benefit with his idiotic public claims at a presser this morning. Good luck climbing out from underneath that, Mr. Lowell. — Ed]