Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has become the most overtly politicized and weaponized government agency in history.
It’s gotten so bad that even some Biden officials are starting to ask questions.
And a Biden-appointed federal judge was so shocked by this one DOJ action that he thought they were kidding.
A federal judge recently condemned the Biden Justice Department for directing two employees to ignore subpoenas issued by Congress.
Blatant disregard of the law and major hypocrisy to boot
Last month, the House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to compel DOJ attorneys Mark Daly and Jack Morgan to testify in the Committee’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Both attorneys work in the DOJ’s Tax Division and were actively involved in the initial investigation of Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes.
The lawsuit was necessary because the DOJ has blocked the duo from testifying since Biden officials claim that compelling them to testify about an ongoing case would be a so-called “Constitutional violation.”
Even though she may agree with the substance of the DOJ’s argument, Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes has signaled that she strongly condemned them for simply ignoring the subpoenas.
“There’s a person in jail right now because you all brought a criminal lawsuit against him because he did not appear for a House subpoena,” Reyes told DOJ attorney James Gilligan.
Reyes was referring to former Trump advisor Peter Navarro.
Last month, Navarro began serving a four-month prison term after he was convicted of failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the January 6 Committee.
“I think it’s quite rich you guys pursue criminal investigations and put people in jail for not showing up,” Reyes told the DOJ. “You all are making a bunch of arguments that you would never accept from any other litigant.”
“Are you kidding me?!”
Judge Reyes also blasted the DOJ’s position as helpful for defense attorneys who represent clients accused of flouting subpoenas.
“I imagine that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of defense attorneys who would be happy to hear that the DOJ’s position is: If you don’t agree with a subpoena, if you believe it’s unconstitutional or unlawful, you can unilaterally not show up,” the Judge said.
Reyes expressed total astonishment when the DOJ refused to say whether it would permit Daly and Morgan to testify if the House agreed to let government counsel accompany them.
“Are you kidding me?!” she exclaimed.
Reyes did suggest that she doesn’t believe Congress is likely to get any substantive information from Daly or Morgan.
She said that their testimony “would be subject to multiple layers of privilege, from prosecutorial privilege to executive privilege.”
Despite that, Reyes said the DOJ attorneys still need to show up and participate in the process, even if it means asserting privilege for every question.
Reyes pointed out that the DOJ requires a bare minimum level of participation from others “seven days a week … and twice on Sunday.”
This is more proof that the DOJ is completely out of control, and even Biden-appointed judges realize it.
Patriot Political will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.
