For months, there has been a steady drip of information coming from the House Oversight Committee and government whistleblowers about how the Department of Justice had given Hunter Biden “special privileges not afforded to other Americans.” But despite the mounting evidence that President Biden’s son was getting the sweetheart treatment, Tuesday’s CNN This Morning looked to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to reassure their viewers that there was no wrongdoing.
In a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) called out the Department of Justice for how it “Deviated Substantially from Standard Investigative Practice During its Investigation of Hunter Biden’s Criminal Conduct.” Their concerns included “Suggestions to remove Hunter Biden’s name from documents, including subpoenas,” “Allowing the statute of limitations to lapse on tax charges,” and “Prohibiting IRS and FBI investigators from asking about [Joe Biden].”
CNN This Morning co-anchor Phil Mattingly refused to actually dig into any of the evidence pointing to the possibility that the Hunter Biden corruption investigation was mishandled to benefit the President. Instead, he brought on Jeffries to shoot down the idea and tell viewers “that there hasn’t been any wrongdoing."
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