It’s the great unexplored theme in the Robert Hur imbroglio. The decision to release the Hur report, with its portrayal of a confused and forgetful president, wasn’t mandatory and neither did it rest with Mr. Hur, despite the congressional grilling he received this week.
The decision rested with Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Everyone with a brain knows this. Even Molly Jong-Fast knows this. It was not unexplored. She jumped on it right away, like a chicken on a June Bug.
The question is Why did Garland do it? Molly thinks it's because Garland is a Secret Republican ™, which is ridiculous.
The great unexplored thing in all this remains The Context™, to which no one is paying attention, because Boring™: the DOJ policy which immunizes the sitting president from prosecution.
Is anyone talking about prosecuting Biden once he's out? Hello?
Hur tells you the policy right up front, then says all this bad stuff about Joe, which is really bad. But Garland chose to let you read that, despite the policy.
That's the point. It's a really big deal. Garland thinks what Biden did is really bad, and that Joe is incompetent to serve.
I still say it was a trial balloon by Garland, to see if Biden cabinet members would rise to the occasion to remove the befuddled old man.
Jenkins doesn't really appreciate that. It has to be more than all the personal attacks Merrick Garland has had to endure from the Bidens.
Garland has been running interference for this guy from day one. He's been Joe's wingman no less than Eric Holder was Barack Obama's.
But Joe is too incompetent to even appreciate it. That's what really stung Garland.
