The Justice Department’s recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey has lit a fuse across the political landscape, and President Trump didn’t hide his satisfaction — even predicting that “there will be others.” For years hardworking Americans watched unelected bureaucrats escape accountability while the media looked the other way; this indictment is being rightly hailed by many conservatives as overdue accountability.
Make no mistake: this action did not happen in a vacuum. Reports show the Comey charges came only after a U.S. attorney who balked at the case was replaced and after the president publicly pressed his attorney general to act, which tells you everything about the rot at the top of the old order. Those who pretend this is ordinary process are ignoring the realignment happening inside the DOJ.
Liberals and their media allies immediately cry “weaponization” when the Justice Department finally holds their favored elites to account, even as they cheered on years of partisan prosecutions and selective leaks under prior administrations. Democrats defended special counsels, secret grand juries, and selective enforcement when it served their agenda, so their outrage now reeks of hypocrisy. The American people deserve one justice system, not one for the connected and another for the rest of us.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has said loud and clear that no one is above the law, and if that means former insiders must answer for lying under oath or obstructing oversight, so be it. Conservatives have been calling for equal accountability for years, and seeing the DOJ finally act against entrenched officials is a corrective to the old elite impunity. Critics who interpret this as political revenge forget that justice delayed is justice denied.
Still, reasonable concern remains about the manner in which these cases are being pursued: career prosecutors resigned, and replacements with partisan loyalties took over key offices, fueling legitimate worries that loyalty to an individual — not the rule of law — could guide decisions. That’s why true conservatives should demand transparent, evidence-based prosecutions conducted by career professionals, not political show trials engineered for headlines. We want accountability, but we also want institutions rebuilt on principle, not patronage.
Patriots who work and play by the rules should welcome a justice system that finally cleans house at the top, but we must remain vigilant against double standards. If this administration is serious about restoring one tier of justice, it will follow the facts and let courts, not headlines or vendettas, determine guilt or innocence — and it will apply the same standards to everyone, Democrat or Republican. The fight for a fair, equal system is worth supporting, and Americans should hold every leader accountable to that standard.
