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The unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump, viewed by most people as a politically motivated case meant to derail the top 2024 Republican White House candidate, is prompting calls to step up investigations of President Biden and his family.
Republicans and legal analysts say Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Mr. Trump has permanently degraded the judicial system and opened the doors to more politically motivated criminal cases.
“This only invites more prosecutions of political enemies,” Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, a conservative advocacy group, told The Washington Times. “Democrats have crossed the Rubicon on this type of political prosecution, and it’s simply not a door that can be shut in this age of revenge politics.”
While Mr. Trump faces up to 136 years in prison if convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid in 2016, Republicans are calling for a stronger investigation of the Biden family’s lucrative foreign business schemes and Mr. Biden’s potential involvement.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is combing Treasury Department records to track down the bank account information for President Biden’s son Hunter Biden, brother James Biden and several business associates who raked in millions of dollars from foreign business deals that some believe involved illegal influence peddling.
“Republicans will inevitably investigate the Biden crime family even more in the coming days, and there’s no telling what can come of that,” Mr. Davis said.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden both appear poised to face off in the 2024 presidential race. Mr. Trump holds a double-digit lead over all of his Republican opponents in recent primary polling, and Mr.
