Fox contributor on Sen. Menendez' charges: “A lot of people are going to believe this is just another weaponization of the justice system”
Marc Thiessen: “They're going to look at that and say look, we believe that the Biden Justice Department goes after its Republican political opponents, why would they not go after one of their Democratic political opponents?”
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Citation From the September 22, 2023, edition of Fox News' The Faulkner Focus
MARC THIESSEN (CONTRIBUTOR): Yeah, so what he is going to say is this is a politicized prosecution. That they tried to get me once already and they failed, and now they are coming after me again, and that this is because I have been a thorn in the side of first the Obama and then the Biden administration on their foreign policy. They, he was, he opposed the Iran nuclear deal. He was critical of the $6 billion ransom that Biden just paid. He opposed Biden's lifting of sanctions on Venezuela to increase its oil production. He opposed their efforts to lift the sanctions on Cuba. So he has been a critic and he has been somebody who has reached across the aisle to work with Republicans to thwart democratic presidents when they thought they were doing the wrong thing. And so he's going to say 'they're going after me because I'm a thorn in their side.' And unfortunately because our justice system has been so politicized in recent years, there are a lot of people who are going to believe that. They're going to look at that and say look, we believe that the Biden Justice Department goes after its Republican political opponents, why would they not go after one of their Democratic political opponents? So that, there is going to be a segment of the American people, because we have so decimated trust in our justice system, that even if -- unless this is such an open and shut case as Phil makes out and we'll see what the evidence is here and -- unless it's like absolutely clear to everyone, if there is any ambiguity on these charges, then a lot of people are going to believe this is just another weaponization of the justice system.