appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden on gun charges.
You snicker — but it would instantly mute the strongest (and facially plausible) arguments against the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago: that this is a politically motivated Department of Justice fishing expedition; that Hillary Clinton didn’t face prosecution for similar mishandling of classified materials; that this is all a plot by Democrats to (a) either destroy Trump by indicting him or (b) build him up in the eyes of the Republican base so that he’ll declare he’s running for president, win the GOP nomination, and then, presumably, be defeated by Biden again in 2024.
“The DOJ is persecuting Trump / protecting Hillary / ignoring Hunter,” its critics charge?
There’s a way to fix that.
(To be clear, I’m not endorsing a Machiavellian DOJ, which would be a malign thing in American life. It should operate without fear or favor. As the kids these days say, however: “I’m not saying . . . I’m just saying.”)