"Mullin claimed he had no opinion on the DOJ's actions, saying, It's not the lane I walk in I leave that to the DOJ. I'm not an attorney, don't pretend to be an attorney. I do have a tough time imagining, let's say if the Biden administration had tried to prosecute Rand Paul for saying things about Covid that they didn't like, Tapper pushed back."
"Well, I would say the same thing if I'm not familiar with the case law, Mullin persisted, adding, What we don't want to happen is for the DOJ to be used for political leverage, which is what happened underneath the Biden administration, which what happened when they went after Trump for year after year after year. And we're trying to change that."
Jake Tapper confronted Sen. Markwayne Mullin about the Trump Justice Department's failed attempt to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging troops not to obey illegal orders. President Trump labeled the actions sedition and demanded prosecution of several senators and representatives. Mullin said he had no opinion and deferred to the DOJ, asserting he was not an attorney. Tapper pressed by comparing a hypothetical Biden prosecution of Rand Paul. Mullin accused the Biden DOJ of politicization and of using prosecutions as political leverage, citing repeated actions against Trump. Tapper challenged Mullin's neutrality and pointed to ongoing DOJ actions against Trump's opponents and allies.
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