Watch: Mike Johnson Expertly Schools CNN's Jake Tapper Over Process Behind Comey Indictment

Hilariously, the indictment against James Comey, who was FBI Director during the Obama-Biden administration, has got the Usual Suspects on the left and in the press fretting over what they're suggesting without evidence could be President Trump weaponizing the DOJ.

My colleague Bonchie documented some of this on Friday, noting that what the media weren't saying about the two-count indictment that centers around perjury and obstruction of justice told us just as much, if not more, about where the left-wing MSM are with this than what they have gone on record and said so far.

"Notice that in all of [MSNBC 'reporter' Ken] Dilanian's crying, he never once simply says that Comey didn't lie. That's a trend that is being repeated across the mainstream press," Bonchie observed. "All of the complaints center on process, with almost no discussion of whether Comey actually lied or not. Because if he did, and the evidence to show that exists, then that's all that matters."

Not surprisingly, it was the process and not the allegations themselves that CNN's Jake Tapper wanted to play gotcha games over during his State of the Union program Sunday, where he interviewed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) about whether he found the process "acceptable" in this case:

Just looking at the principle at stake here, if you can remove Comey and Trump out of the equation, as a constitutional attorney and the speaker of the House of Representatives, do you believe it's acceptable for any president to publicly or privately instruct their attorney general to prosecute a political opponent and go as far as firing a U.S. attorney if they don't bring charges because they don't think the case is strong enough?

Johnson, smartly, did not take the bait, schooling Tapper in the process on how it was the grand jury, not Trump nor the DOJ, who voted the hand down the indictment, viewing the very serious charges as having merit:

I'm glad you brought up the principle. That is exactly what's at issue here.

James Comey lied to Congress, OK? He took an oath. He said things to Congress that were simply not true. It's called perjury. A grand jury that is not -- a nonpartisan, non-biased grand jury that was assembled looked at the charges, and they agreed, they voted to bring an indictment of James Comey, not President Trump, not the DOJ, but a grand jury.

That's how our system works. It's a very important principle for us to apply that everybody has to subscribe to the law, even a former FBI director. And he has lots to answer for. There are many things that he could have been indicted for, but the statute of limitations ran out on so many of those matters. Not here. Perjury is important. You can't -- especially if you're a high official, appointed or elected official, you cannot raise your hand, take an oath, and lie to Congress. And that's an important principle, a principle, Jake, for us to advance.

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Though Tapper continued trying to press his Democrat talking points, Johnson set the record straight by pointing to not only Comey's weaponization of the DOJ against Trump but also the four years of lawfare Joe Biden's DOJ engaged in to try and hamstring his probable general election opponent:

But what I have cause with Jake is the total and utter weaponization of the Department of Justice. And Comey was a primary person responsible for that. They quite literally for four years under the Biden administration turned the entire apparatus of our judicial system against one person. His name is Donald Trump.
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The point is, the Department of Justice currently is doing what the Department of Justice should do. And they have to hold people accountable. We have to ensure that the rule of law applies to everyone. hand that's exactly what's happening here.

Translation: No one is above the law, Democrats. Remember?

Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.

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