When it comes to government wrongdoing, alleged or real, there seems to be a two-tiered system of justice in Washington D.C.: leniency for liberals and Democrats and excessive punishment for conservatives and Republicans.
Take the FBI raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
If Trump did something illegal regarding government documents, he should be punished. Interesting, though, that the FBI found the surprise search necessary, considering Trump and his lawyers reportedly were negotiating and cooperating about returning documents for national archive retention.
Now, compare Trump’s situation with that of Hillary Clinton’s 2015-16 email controversy. Clinton supposedly erased some 30,000 subpoenaed emails, broke State Department rules by having at home unsecure private email servers for her government work, and had on those servers emails with classified information. No raid at her house.
And what about Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell” that reportedly implicates Joe Biden in shady business deals? No raid there either.
Also, how do we know a dishonest FBI agent, to “get” Trump, didn’t or won’t plant “evidence” among the documents agents took? Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has opined that’s a distinct possibility. Think he’s wrong? Remember, some FBI officials, a number of congressional Democrats, and many in the mainstream media were not truthful about the Trump-Russia collusion allegation, and it’s been shown they knew it was a falsehood practically from the beginning.
So, what are good people to do about unequal justice? Fight back, big time!
No, not with guns or violence, but with a determined effort to help educate fellow citizens about political issues and to elect candidates deeply committed to truth and honesty throughout government and our judicial system. Biased journalists also need reminding to be objective in their reporting, and not favor one political party over another.
Justice is supposed to be blind. A widespread belief that it isn’t could prove extremely harmful to our nation.
Jeff L. Reed
Ashland
