What the Hur special counsel report really tells us about Biden, Trump and unequal justice

We just had another special counsel report hit the street. This time, the investigation concerned President Biden’s unlawful possession and mishandling of classified documents.

The special counsel in this case was Robert Hur, who was hastily appointed to give cover to a Justice Department that was going after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over classified document possession, once it was found that Biden had classified documents stored all over the place.

Hur’s report was typical of our two-tiered justice system in America. Hur found that Biden "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” but he concluded that "no criminal charges are warranted in this matter ... even if there was no policy against charging a sitting president," because the "evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." He also cited Biden's memory as a factor, concluding that "Biden would likely present himself to a jury ... as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

Does any of this approach sound vaguely familiar? It should. Let’s call it “The Comey Doctrine.”

A few years ago, the FBI, under its corrupt Director James Comey, investigated Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified documents, in the form of emails, using private servers. This investigation started as a result of a referral from an intelligence community inspector general.

In short, Comey made a statement that confirmed that Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State, did indeed mishandle classified information, and was negligent in doing so, which are felonies and violations of the Espionage Act. Comey then went on to say that “Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.“

The fix was in. Hillary Clinton was running for president against Donald Trump, and there was no way the corrupt deep state was going to help elect Trump, the man who was running, in part, to “Drain the Swamp” and eliminate deep state corruption.

As you can see, when the Deep State investigates a Democrat, they always find a way to let them off. Not so for Republicans.

Despite the deep state cover provided to Clinton by the FBI, the voters obviously didn’t get the memo and elected Donald Trump in November 2016, and you can bet at that point, the denizens of the D.C. Swamp set out with a vengeance to make sure Trump would never be elected again. From early in Trump’s term, bad actors worked feverishly to construct a false narrative of “colluding with Russia” against Trump and his allies. Trump’s presidency was marred by repeated efforts to destroy him, including phony investigations that yielded nothing and two failed impeachments over trumped-up charges (no pun intended).

The Democrats and their Deep State Republican allies weren’t satisfied with Trump’s defeat in November 2020, either, because their White House patsy, also known as President Joe Biden, has spent the last three years carrying on the mission of trying to keep Trump from running for president in 2024, mainly through his corrupt Department of Justice headed by progressive hack Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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As part of this mission, former President Trump’s Mar A Lago home in Florida was raided by the FBI and classified documents were seized. The former and future president is being investigated by special counsel Jack Smith, known for his overzealous and mostly-failed past prosecutions.

The major difference between the Biden and Trump cases is that the classified material at Trump’s residence was obtained through the Presidential Records Act of 1978 and was securely stored and guarded by the Secret Service. On the other hand, Biden had illegally obtained records from the time when he was a U.S. senator and then vice president, and they were stored in torn boxes in unsecured areas such as his garage.

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So, what does a comparison between the two cases tell us? The disparate actions of the Justice Department once again prove that they are out to get Trump while at the same time protect Biden while both men are the presumptive presidential candidates of their parties in 2024. In this case, as in the 2015-16 “investigation” of Hillary Clinton, the “Comey Doctrine” was applied, protecting the Democrat.

Dwight Weidman is a resident of Greene Township and is a graduate of Shepherd University. He is retired from the United States Department of Defense, where his career included assignments In Europe, Asia, and Central America. He has been in leadership roles for the Republican Party in two states, most recently serving two terms as Chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party. He has been an Amateur Radio Operator since 1988, getting his first license in Germany, a past volunteer with both Navy and Army MARS, Military Auxiliary Radio Service, and is also an NRA-certified firearms instructor. In his spare time, he dabbles in genealogy and learning new languages.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Mail: Hur special counsel says a lot about Biden, Trump and unequal justice