Whenever a political crisis erupts on Capitol Hill like it did during the (now-former) stalemate over the debt ceiling, a general sense of dread develops on the right over concerns that Republican leaders will fall far short of the mark on upholding conservative principles, with the fear being that they’ll choose instead to talk tough without backing it up when push comes to shove.
Those same concerns have resurfaced again in the midst of the indictment against former President Donald Trump, who on Tuesday was arraigned in a Miami courtroom on 37 counts related to the classified documents probe.
Legal experts who conservatives generally trust have provided a mixed picture on the case Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has presented against Trump, with some including Andrew McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, and Jonathan Turley suggesting in so many words that Trump could be “in serious legal jeopardy,” as put by my RedState colleague Bob Hoge, if the facts are actually as the DOJ laid them out.
Metaphorically speaking, of course, the jury is still out on that one (pun intended). But regardless of how the case unfolds, there is still the issue of the timing of these charges, which as many prominent Republicans have pointed out looks an awful lot like election interference considering that Trump could end up being Biden’s opponent in the 2024 presidential election.
So the question is just what are Congressional Republicans going to do about it? Talk about how unseemly and dictator-like this all looks or take action?
In the case of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), he has decided to take action, announcing in a statement Tuesday that he “will hold all Department of Justice nominations” (bolded emphasis added by me):
it’s about time a real republican stood up