The crumbling rule of law

Fascist Republican Joe Cuffari, 

happily squelching investigations and

stonewalling for the Republican Party 

Personally, both Biden and Garland have been failures so far in terms of vindicating the rule of law. They do not take the rule of law seriously when it comes to rich or powerful people. The latest inaction outrage comes from a T**** appointee, Joe Cuffari, who is stonewalling an investigation into what happened to Secret Service texts related to the Republican's 1/6 coup attempt. Biden says he won't get involved. Not surprisingly, some congressional Republicans oppose any investigations into the Republican Party's 1/6 coup attempt, in part because they supported the coup attempt, making them complicit. 

As usual, the rule of law is a farce when it comes to political elites and partisans. 

The Washington Post writes:

The White House has faced mounting questions about a decision by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s office to abandon attempts to recover missing Secret Service texts from Jan. 6, 2021. President Biden, in response, has signaled his intention to stay out of the process as an independent watchdog investigates the inspector general.

But Joseph V. Cuffari and his staff have refused to release certain documents and tried to block interviews, effectively delaying that probe, which has now stretched for more than 15 months and evolved into a wide-ranging inquiry into more than a dozen allegations of misconduct raised by whistleblowers and other sources, according to three people familiar with the case who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an open investigation.

Some Republican senators have also raised stiff resistance to the investigation — which is being overseen by a panel of federal watchdogs from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) — questioning the need for a full probe into the Trump administration appointee.

Led by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) the senators have demanded that investigators scale back records requests from Cuffari’s office and pressed them on their motives, according to congressional aides and documents.

Cuffari and his staff have complained to the senators of a politically motivated fishing expedition designed to undermine him, according to sources familiar with the investigation and congressional aides. In a written response to questions from House lawmakers last summer, Cuffari said the probe “will destroy” his office. He accused investigators of “undermining my attempts to clean up DHS OIG.”

There is no doubt that what Cuffari means by saying he is trying to “clean up DHS OIG” is that he is actively trying to poison and subvert it. Cuffari is a T**** appointee. He previously stifled an investigation embarrassing to T**** and Republican elites. Cuffari rejected his staff's recommendation to investigate what role the United States Secret Service played in the forcible clearing of protesters from Lafayette Square during T****'s photo shoot at St. John's Church in 2020.

People like Cuffari, i.e., essentially all Republicans, want no investigations into any crimes that any Republicans commit. They are enthusiastic about endless investigations going after Hunter Biden and his laptop or Hillary and her emails. But by God, there will be no investigations of crimes of Republicans, especially Republican elites. That is American fascism in action. 

And that Republican fascism is aided and abetted by clueless Biden and his worse than worthless AG, Merrick Garland. The FBI does not look very good here either. The FBI was fine with starting an investigation of Hillary a week or two before the 2016 election, causing her campaign grievous damage, but they walk on eggshells when it comes to Republicans.