The Ohio senator suggested it was “a totally reasonable thing” for former President Donald J. Trump to, if re-elected, appoint a prosecutor to investigate the Biden administration.
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J.D. Vance with reporters in Atlanta after the debate between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump on June 27.
Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, a potential running mate for former President Donald J. Trump, said on Sunday that he supported Mr. Trump’s vow, if he won in November, to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate President Biden.
“I find it interesting how much the media and the Democrats have lost their mind over this particular quote,” Mr. Vance said on NBC News, referring to Mr. Trump’s saying that he would “appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family.”
“I think what Donald Trump is simply saying is we ought to investigate the prior administration,” Mr. Vance said. “There are obviously many instances of wrongdoing. The House Oversight Committee has identified a number of corrupt business transactions that may or may not be criminal. Of course you have to investigate to find out. So I think Donald Trump saying, ‘Look, let’s do the basic work of investigating wrongdoing,’ is a totally reasonable thing for him to do.”
He added, “Joe Biden has done exactly that for the last few years, and has done far more in addition to that to engage in a campaign of ‘lawfare’ against his political opposition.”
That is misleading. There is no evidence that Mr. Biden has been involved in the prosecutorial decisions of his Justice Department, which traditionally makes such decisions independently of the White House. Mr. Trump wants to end that independence.
The claim of “corrupt business transactions” appeared to be a reference to the House Oversight Committee’s search for evidence of impeachable conduct by Mr. Biden, which it has not found. The committee has sought to connect Mr. Biden to his son Hunter’s business dealings, but much of the purported evidence it has presented has been out of context.
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