ABC Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos churned out the Democrat talking points on Monday. In the opening seconds, he announced: “President Trump pressures Attorney General Pam Bondi, publicly calling on her to use the power of the Justice Department to prosecute his political enemies. Even some Republicans criticize the president for threatening free speech.”

Then, once all the opening blurbs were done, Stephanopoulos repeated: “We’re going to begin with the latest moves in President Trump's retribution campaign, openly calling on the attorney general to prosecute his political enemies, breaking down the long-standing walls between the White House and criminal prosecutions.”

As if no Democrats ever prosecuted Trump and his associates? 

White House reporter Rachel Scott added: "This is nothing short of a remarkable statement. The president of the United States publicly urging his attorney general to prosecute his political opponents, throwing into question of independence and impartiality at the core of the Justice Department."

While Trump openly pressured Bondi on Truth Social, Biden’s message to his Attorney General Merrick Garland came cloaked in a front-page story in The New York Times, filtered through anonymous “inner circle” sources on April 2, 2022:

As recently as late last year, Mr. Biden confided to his inner circle that he believed former President Donald J. Trump was a threat to democracy and should be prosecuted, according to two people familiar with his comments. And while the president has never communicated his frustrations directly to Mr. Garland, he has said privately that he wanted Mr. Garland to act less like a ponderous judge and more like a prosecutor who is willing to take decisive action over the events of Jan. 6.

ABC didn’t screech then about a president engaged in a "retribution campaign" calling for prosecutions of his political enemies, “breaking down the long-standing walls.” That's (D)ifferent? 

Stephanopoulos later turned to legal expert Dan Abrams, and threw in Watergate: "We’ve overused that word "unprecedented." It’s hard to overstate how stunning a move, this – the president, what he’s done with Attorney General Pam Bondi. Richard Nixon was impeached for corrupting the Justice Department. He’s saying it out loud." (Not through anonymous sources.) 

Abrams said other Attorneys General have been accused of politicizing things -- like Bill Barr in Trump 1.0, and Merrick Garland. But he endorsed the "unprecedented" spin:  "What makes this difficult as you have the president effectively trying to usurp the role of the Attorney General,” and he lamented forcing out the U.S. Attorney in Virginia who wouldn’t indict Democrat Letitia James for mortgage fraud.

PS: This episode is a dramatic departure from two years ago, when George and Dan tenderly lamented over the "heartache" that Republicans wouldn't accept a Justice Department sweetheart deal for the president's son Hunter. There was no talk of independence. Instead, it was suggested that the DOJ was arrayed against the Bidens! 

STEPHANOPOULOS: Dan, not surprising this is a political football in the middle of an election year. Seems like every year is an election year. But given this set of facts what difference did it make that the subject was Hunter Biden?

ABRAMS: I think it made an enormous difference here. Look, any time someone gets probation or a diversionary agreement, you could argue it's a sweetheart deal. It's true, they aren't getting any prison time. And yet, if this wasn't Hunter Biden, it is likely he wouldn't have been prosecuted at all.