“Grant was personally honest with money matters. However, he trusted and protected his close associates, in denial of their guilt, despite evidence against them.[5][6] According to C. Vann Woodward, Grant had neither the training nor temperament to fully comprehend the complexities of rapid economic growth, industrialization, and western expansionism.[6][7] During his presidency, Grant enjoyed speaking with men of wealth and influence, but he was also personally generous to the poor.[8] Grant had come from a humble background where men of superior intelligence and ability were threats rather than assets. Instead of responding with trust and warmth to men of talent, education, and culture, he turned to his military friends from the Civil War and to politicians new as himself.[6][7] According to Grant’s son, Ulysses Jr., his father was “incapable of supposing his friends to be dishonest.”

Neither was ever shown to be corrupt. Biden is a first.

https://babylonbee.com/news/garland-appoints-special-counsel-to-cover-up-bidens-crimes

Turley doesn’t use an analogy at all, he states plainly that enriching a person’s family IS a bribe.

Here’s an example of “lying by omission” from the first link.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/foxs-andrew-mccarthy-decries-sham-hunter-biden-special-counsel-meant-to-be-someone-from-outside-the-government/

Attorney General Merrick Garland named U.S. Attorney David Weiss, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, as the special counsel in charge of investigating Hunter Biden, whose hopes for a new plea deal fell apart earlier on Friday. But despite wanting to see a special counsel appointed to further look into Hunter Biden’s financial dealings, the right is up in arms over the choice of Weiss.

Notice what they left out (although McCarthy does mention his other connections with the case): Weiss was the architect of the first failed plea deal. The new one is explained in another post at the site.
“JUST IN: Federal Prosecutors Say Hunter Biden’s Plea Negotiations ‘Are At An Impasse,’ Case Headed For Trial”

I thought Jake Tapper was trying to regain a soubriquet I and others once awarded him, “The last honest reporter,” which he lost when Trump was elected. Watch what he does here.
And note the media boilerplate at the end.

https://www.mediaite.com/crime/jake-tapper-says-conservatives-have-legitimate-questions-about-garlands-odd-special-counsel-pick-in-biden-probe/

He concluded, “This move makes it seem as though, well, maybe the whistleblowers were right. Maybe what they were alleging is true, and he didn’t have the ability to charge whatever he wanted to charge, and now he does. So I do have a lot of questions about that, and I do think some of the political questions being raised by Republicans have merit.”

Congressional Republicans allege Biden was in business with his father Joe Biden when the latter was vice president and perhaps beyond. Some have even accused the elder Biden of bribery, but no evidence has emerged to support the explosive claim.

Everybody who believes Weiss was appointed so he could actually bring charges against Hunter raise your hand.

https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-say-itll-take-a-lot-more-than-eyewitness-testimony-bank-records-audio-video-complete-confessions-for-them-to-believe-biden-did-anything-wrong

Notice what Carlucci implies in this post, which is blatant spin: GOP wanting a special counsel in no way translates to what he claims.
His first claim is just malarkey.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/democrat-on-fox-says-garland-announcing-hunter-biden-special-counsel-was-a-surprise-to-white-house/

“This shows the independence; the DOJ wants an independent case here, so that’s why it was a surprise to the White House, as we’ve learned, that President Biden didn’t even know about this happening. And [Merrick] Garland went ahead with the special counsel for Weiss to show that independence. And I think that’s what we see here,” Carlucci said.

“Why now?” asked anchor Sandra Smith.

“Why ever, right?” Carlucci replied. “I think this is something that originally Republicans did want, they wanted Weiss to be the special counsel. Now it’s actually happening, so I think it shows independence, I think it shows the movement away from the White House, and this will be not a political witch hunt, but an actual trial.”

This is actually something we would like Mediaite’s readers to know, and the journalist could have added the context for them.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/comer-rages-after-hunter-biden-special-counsel-named-trying-to-stonewall-congressional-oversight/

Notably, Comer did not specifically explain how a special counsel would interfere with his investigation, which he vowed to continue.

And finally, just so you all know what the Democrats are reading, this post quotes a letter purporting to demonstrate that Rep. Comer is a lying no-good flim-flammer — and maybe some of it is even true — but not this part. For his first claim, which narrows the president’s connection to the absurdly narrow level derided by most intelligent pundits and readers, I refer you to the Website of Record above.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/white-house-drops-searing-memo-on-hunter-biden-probe-an-hour-before-hunter-biden-special-counsel-named/

Sams — who is the Biden administration’s chief spokesman for investigations — dropped his third memo this week torching the probes looking to implicate President Joe Biden in his son’s business and other troubles, all of which note what other fact-checkers have also pointed out: that there is no evidence to make such a direct connection.
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And over and over again, independent reporting has found his investigation has been unable to uncover any evidence of wrongdoing:

• New York Times:

• Axios:

• CNN:

Can somebody sue Garland to get Weiss replaced?

Or would that just be another “no standing” case?

And still, every mainstream press report I read on this matter explains it by saying “Hunter Biden was late paying his taxes, but he paid them.” As if that was the entirety of the matter.

Another Friday news dump.

Banana Republic. Illegitimate tyrannical junta.