Republican Representative Jim Jordan, of Ohio, accused the Department of Justice of having a double standard after it indicted an FBI informant for providing false evidence of Biden corruption, while letting the author of the debunked Steele Dossier off the hook. Jordan suggested that the DOJ is biased and only acted against the informant after naming a special counsel to investigate the matter, despite having had the information for five years.
According to Jordan, the special counsel, David Weiss, did not even begin to look into the issue of the FBI informant until he was named to the position. This raises questions about the DOJ’s motives and why they only decided to take action now, after allowing the investigation to drag on for so long. Jordan believes that there may be a double standard at play, where the DOJ is treating this case differently than they did with the Steele Dossier.
The informant, a Russian national named Rinat Akhmetshin, had provided the FBI with information about corruption involving then-candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter at Ukrainian energy company Burisma. He claimed that Burisma executives were planning to pay the Biden family millions of dollars in exchange for political favors. However, this proved to be false information, and now Akhmetshin has been indicted for his role in the matter. Meanwhile, the author of the Steele Dossier, Christopher Steele, who provided false information about President Trump, continues to be paid for his work.
To Jordan, this is a clear example of a double standard. He points out that despite the FBI offering to pay Steele $1 million for evidence to back up his claims, he never provided any proof and still received compensation. Meanwhile, Akhmetshin, who provided false information about the Bidens, is facing consequences. Jordan believes that this discrepancy is unfair and shows that the DOJ is not applying the same standard to all individuals involved in the same type of behavior.
It is also worth noting that James Biden, the younger brother of President Joe Biden, has also been implicated in this alleged influence-peddling scheme. In testimony that will be released on February 21, it was revealed that James Biden laughed at the idea that the family’s business dealings could harm their reputation. He cited “plausible deniability” as a defense, suggesting that the Bidens were not directly involved and could deny knowledge of any wrongdoing.
Representative Jordan believes that the DOJ has been operating under a double standard in the handling of the Biden corruption case. He points to the fact that the author of the Steele Dossier, who provided false information about President Trump, continues to be paid, while the informant who provided false information about the Bidens is facing consequences.
This raises questions about the DOJ’s motives and whether they are treating all individuals involved in this case fairly.