Miranda Devine: Hunter Biden benefiting from Trumps noble Anti-Weaponization Fund would be a slap in the face
It’s not just crackpot antisemite podcaster Candace Owens who is giving Hunter Biden uncritical attention so he can rewrite history.Inexplicably, top Trump administration officials are also validating the former crackhead first son’s outrageous lie that he was prosecuted only because he was Joe Biden’s son.It’s not clear why Acting AG Todd Blanche and VP JD Vance cited Hunter this week as their exemplar of bipartisan largesse to defend the new $1.7 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for victims of lawfare, but it was a terrible idea.It’s so terrible, you could be forgiven for wondering if it was dreamed up by deep-staters intent on denying justice to the real victims of the Biden administration’s lawfare.People like Michael Flynn, Michael Caputo, Christina Bobb, Jeff Clark, Peter Navarro, Steve Bannon, Tina Peters, Carter Page, Bevelyn Williams, Mark Houck, Father Fidelis Moscinski, Tom Barrack and Matthew Perna suffered a variety of life-altering consequences when they were maliciously and selectively investigated and prosecuted by Joe Biden’s FBI and DOJ just because they supported Donald Trump.Hundreds of these victims were targeted, whether to stop them from helping Trump or simply to serve as a wider warning that anyone associated with Trump or his conservative agenda will come to harm.Some served prison time, many faced FBI dawn raids and ongoing surveillance, fines, disbarment, debanking, crippling legal bills and bankruptcy.Even if they were acquitted or never indicted, careers and reputations were destroyed, and many suffered lasting harm to their physical and mental health.
And there were suicides.Blanche announced the $1.776 (get it?!) billion compensation fund on Monday, aimed at helping people who were selectively targeted for investigation or prosecution under the Biden administration.The next day, when testifying before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Blanche came under heavy fire from Democrats who smelled blood because the ...