The federal probe into Hunter Biden is going as it should. With his dad being hands-off.

President Joe Biden and his administration are putting on a master’s class in ethics in the federal investigation into the business dealings of the president’s son Hunter Biden. As the investigation heats up, Biden’s “hands-off” approach versus Donald Trump’s “hands everywhere” approach is starkly illustrated by Trump’s shoutout to Russian President Vladimir Putin to release dirt on Hunter Biden. The move continues Trump’s long-standing practice of appealing for foreign interference in American politics.  

From his “Russia, if you’re listening” remark about finding Hillary Clinton’s missing emails to his repeatedly asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to announce an investigation into Hunter Biden in return for military aid, Trump has always shown his appetite for using investigations as political weapons. Such a predilection is a characteristic of autocracies, and resistance to it has long been baked into the traditions of the Justice Department.