On Friday night, for example, a Newsmax host and a member of Donald Trump’s inner circle
discussed the possibility that the Hunter Biden indictment might be intended as a distraction from the White House’s support for Israel.
Two days later, on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo and Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida
characterized the indictments of the president’s son as part of “a cover-up.”
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was apparently thinking along the same lines on Friday. As my MSNBC colleague Clarissa-Jan Lim
explained over the weekend, the Kentucky Republican was one of the most prominent voices in his party pushing a bizarre idea: Maybe special counsel David Weiss has taken steps to protect Hunter Biden by bringing charges that could put Hunter Biden in prison for decades.
“My concern is that Weiss may have indicted Biden to protect him from him having to be deposed in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday,” Comer told Jake Tapper on CNN. “This whole thing has been about a cover-up.” “You indict him on the least little thing — the gun charge and not paying taxes?” the Kentucky Republican asked. “Look what he’s done. Anybody else in America would already be in prison.”
For his part, Tapper appeared to struggle to
stifle laughter during the interview. “He indicted him to protect him?” the CNN host
asked, before sarcastically adding, “The classic rubric, I got it.”