You would never hear CBS's Margaret Brennan demand Democrats move on from an old Trump scandal. Yet on Sunday's Face the Nation, Brennan badgered former New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie for his party to move on from their investigation into how Hunter Biden was given a plea deal on tax fraud and gun application fraud charges. Christie quickly shot her down and explained to her why her suggestion is foolish and wishful thinking on her part.
Brennan turned to Christie and noted how Hunter Biden is set to "appear in court this week to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and will enter into an agreement that could avert conviction on a gun-related charge."
"The deal has infuriated many congressional Republicans who were holding their own hearings," Brennan said, before asking "I wonder after this plea happens if you would advise your party to move on?"
Christie responded that he wouldn't advise Republicans to move on and explained that "the conduct here by the U.S. Attorney in Delaware and by the Justice Department, just can't be justified." He explained that "it does not take five years to investigate two misdemeanor tax counts and to dismiss a gun charge."
Pointing out the Democratic Party's hypocrisy, Christie added: "This is a case where Democrats yell and scream for more new gun laws in the country and yet you hear no Democrat yelling about the fact that Hunter Biden intentionally lied on his gun permit application, mishandled the gun after he received it with a false permit application and faces absolutely no penalty."
"The guy who sponsored that law was his father, Senator Joe Biden and that charge carries a ten-year sentence," he noted.
Playing whataboutism, Brennan jumped back in to whine that the U.S. Attorney in Delaware was "appointed by former President Trump."
Christie didn't let her get away with that and explained "it doesn't matter, Margaret. It doesn't matter whether you're appointed by a Republican or a Democrat if your work appears to be incompetent and inexplicable you need to explain it so we can have confidence in our justice system and I don't care whether Mr. Weiss is a Republican or a Democrat. He owes the American people an explanation."
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CBS’s Face the Nation
7/23/2023
11:00:38 a.m. EasternMARGARET BRENNAN: There are so many legal issues in this campaign, and I want to ask you about one involving the President's son Hunter Biden, who’s gonna appear in court this week to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and will enter into an agreement that could avert conviction on a gun-related charge. The deal has infuriated many congressional Republicans who were holding their own hearings. And I wonder after this plea happens if you would advise your party to move on?
CHRIS CHRISTIE: No, I wouldn't, Margaret, and here's why. The conduct here by the U.S. Attorney in Delaware and by the Justice Department, just can't be justified. It doesn't take five years, Margaret. As you mentioned, I was the U.S. Attorney in the fifth-largest office in the country for seven years during the Bush administration. It does not take five years to investigate two misdemeanor tax counts and to dismiss a gun charge, and we need to know what they were investigating, and why these are the charges they concluded to. This is not just any person. This is the son of the President of the United States. While justice needs to be equal, it needs to be equal, and it doesn't appear to me that this is the way to do it, and I would say one thing on the gun charge. I mean, this is a case where Democrats yell and scream for more new gun laws in the country and yet you hear no Democrat yelling about the fact that Hunter Biden intentionally lied on his gun permit application, mishandled the gun after he received it with a false permit application and faces absolutely no penalty. Guess what? The guy who sponsored that law was his father, Senator Joe Biden and that charge carries a ten-year sentence, Margaret. We need to explain—they need to explain to the public why that was done, so no, I don't think it’s time to move on.
BRENNAN: And you know that the U.S. Attorney in Delaware was appointed by former President Trump.
CHRISTIE: Incompetent, Margaret. It doesn't matter, Margaret. It doesn't matter whether you're appointed by a Republican or a Democrat if your work appears to be incompetent and inexplicable you need to explain it so we can have confidence in our justice system and I don't care whether Mr. Weiss is a Republican or a Democrat. He owes the American people an explanation.
