JIM ACOSTA: For months, Donald Trump and Republicans have tried to make the case that there is a two-tiered justice system, one system of justice for Trump and one for everybody else.
Their attacks go something like this, that the Justice Department is being weaponized against Donald Trump and Donald Trump only at the erection of President Biden, never mind that Trump and his allies are also claiming that Biden is slipping mentally while at the same time orchestrating that conspiracy. Set that aside, just consider the Trump world allegation that Biden is behind this plot to persecute the former president.
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DONALD TRUMP: Just so you understand, this is all done by Biden and his people, maybe his people more importantly.
SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL): Democrats have crossed this line. They have crossed the line in which now the court system is a political weapon.
SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): This Department of Justice, the Biden Department of Justice, is the most partisan Department of Justice in our nation’s history.
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ACOSTA: Today, that same Biden Department of Justice secured a conviction against the president’s son, Hunter, guilty on all three counts for lying about his drug use when he purchased a gun. Here is David Weiss, the special counsel leading the case.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DAVID WEISS, SPECIAL COUNSEL: No one in this country is above the law. Everyone must be accountable for their actions. I want to thank Attorney General Garland for providing the support necessary to fulfill our mission.
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ACOSTA: That’s Weiss thanking the attorney general for ensuring that he has independence, the same attorney general that the former president and his allies have relentlessly accused without evidence of conspiring to get Trump.
Today, some of those Trump allies accused the Biden administration of pursuing a conviction of Hunter, basically accusing the president of sacrificing his own son to continue that conspiracy.
Former Trump White House adviser, Stephen Miller, posted this. Take a look at this. The gun charges, he says, are a misdirection. Don’t be gaslit. This is all about protecting Joe Biden.
Don’t be gaslit. Indeed. New tonight, “The New York Times” reports Hunter Biden’s conviction not only undercuts Trump’s narrative, but also hurts his campaign’s fundraising efforts, citing a person familiar. The “Times” says — quote — “There had been discussions about how much an acquittal of Hunter Biden would help Mr. Trump, potentially raising tens of millions of additional dollars as they planned to cite it as more evidence the justice system was rigged.”
Oops. Tonight, Democrats on the Hill noted their response to the Biden conviction was different.
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REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-NY): We’re not here contesting the results. We’re not here trying to defund the FBI or the Department of Justice because we don’t like the outcome of a — of a given trial. We respect the judicial process. We respect the outcome of it.
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ACOSTA: For his part, President Biden, too, says he accepts the outcome of the case and will respect it. He issued that statement before he changed his schedule to be with his son, flying — flying to Wilmington, Delaware, where he remains tonight. Photographers, you can see right there, capturing their embrace shortly after the president landed on the tarmac.
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