After much speculation, President Trump’s defense team finally reeled the Biden family into the Senate impeachment trial Monday.For the most part, the case against impeachment was focused on poking holes in the Democrats’ opposing argument, but former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who’s defending the president, made former Vice President Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and Burisma — the Ukrainian gas company upon whose board Hunter Biden sat — the centerpieces of her presentation, as did another Trump attorney, Eric Herschmann.Their point was that Burisma’s corruption made Trump’s investigation request legitimate, and since the Bidens were connected to the company, they were worth looking into, as well. Bondi described the younger Biden’s board membership as “nepotistic at best, nefarious at worst.”A few people sensed some hypocrisy in those comments, implying that Trump supporters don’t have much ground to stand on when it comes to nepotism accusations.> Pam Bondi is making the case that nepotism involving government officials is bad.> > — Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 27, 2020There were a few other challenges to Bondi’s argument, including the idea that, even if Hunter Biden’s activities were corrupt, there are other ways to investigate foreign corruption than the Trump administration’s methods in this case. > Cut through this smokescreen by corrupt Pam Bondi. There are legal avenues to investigate corruption abroad. NONE of them involve directly the president, much less his private attorney. None of Trump’s actions, even if there were grounds to investigate Biden, are appropriate.> > — Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 27, 2020More stories from theweek.com Mike Pompeo is a disgrace All the president’s turncoats Report: GOP Sen. Toomey proposing impeachment trial witness deal
