But as the political world digests the latest instance of a sitting member of Congress getting indicted, it’s also worth pausing to reflect on the bigger picture.

As things currently stand, the Justice Department, under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland, is:

prosecuting President Joe Biden’s son;

prosecuting an incumbent Democratic senator, New Jersey’s Bob Menendez, during his re-election bid;

prosecuting an incumbent Democratic congressman, Texas’ Cuellar, during his re-election bid;
investigating an incumbent Democratic congresswoman, Missouri’s Cori Bush, during her re-election bid.

For good measure, it’s probably worth mentioning that the Justice Department also appears to be investigating Eric Adams, the high-profile Democratic mayor of New York City.

And yet, despite these developments, one of the animating concepts in contemporary Republican politics is that rascally Democrats have “weaponized” federal law enforcement to punish GOP figures and shield Democrats from accountability. The Justice Department and the FBI, leading Republican voices insist, are little more than political tools for the Biden White House and its fiendish allies......

Indeed, if Biden and his team were trying to weaponize federal law enforcement to benefit Democrats, they’ve proved themselves to be incredibly bad at it.

In advance of the 2018 elections, Donald Trump complained bitterly about federal law enforcement charging two of his congressional allies, and the then-president whined about the Justice Department undermining the Republican Party’s electoral plans.

Six years later, federal law enforcement is prosecuting two Democratic members of Congress, potentially undermine their party’s electoral plans, and Biden is taking a responsible, hands-off approach.