Fox News contributor Leo Terrell criticized the Justice Department Thursday for treating former President Donald Trump “unfairly” while accusing them of letting Hunter Biden off the hook.
Terrell debated former Obama economic adviser Robert Wolf about a possible third indictment against Trump over his alleged involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot. Special Counsel Jack Smith sent the former president a “target letter” July 18 detailing the investigation.
“I think this is all political,” Terrell said. “If anyone honestly believes that this is really based on a legal foundation, they are naive. This is a political decision being made by Jack Smith.”
Wolf disagreed with Terrell on Trump being politically targeted, and argued the indictments are related to the “rule of law.” Terrell then argued the rule of law has been “thrown out the window.” (RELATED: ‘Encourages People To Steal’: Leo Terrell Goes Scorched Earth On Democrats For ‘Allowing’ Crime Spike)
“We have to be upfront and honest,” Terrell continued. “The reason why Trump is ahead right now is because the American public understands the rule of law has been thrown out the window, Jillian. Because, like I mentioned, the Hunter Biden situation. I could ask my colleague [and] friend Robert, ‘hey, isn’t there another classification documents case involving Joe Biden? Where is it?’ Crickets! And I’ll tell you right now, President Trump could be indicted fifty times, but he’ll still be the Republican nominee and in my opinion, the President of the United States next year.”
“Why? Because the American public gets it. We’re not inside the beltway. Outside of Washington D.C. they understand that President Trump is being treated unfairly,” he continued.
Hunter’s plea deal was in jeopardy during his Wednesday court appearance. Judge Maryellen Noreika refused to agree to the plea deal over the prosecution and defense’s lack of clarity on whether Hunter would be covered from being charged on the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in the future. Hunter initially agreed to plead guilty to the tax misdemeanors and to enter a probation agreement for the gun charge in exchange for serving no jail time.
The first son changed his plea to not guilty after the legal teams revised the plea deal to allow him to potentially be charged on FARA in the future.