Hannity now thinks it's "despicable" to lock up political opponents

Fox News host Sean Hannity, who has done more than anyone (with the possible exception of Donald Trump himself) to explain the fact that Hillary Clinton should be locked up, now thinks that such calls are something that happens only in "banana republics" – at least when they are directed to Trump.

Hannity's conspiratorial affair for the imprisonment of Clinton has for years been a centerpiece of his shows. even after the 2016 elections, he used this story to avoid the damaging revelations arising from the investigation of the special advocate Robert Mueller on the interference of Russia and the role played by the Trump campaign in this one. As recently as April, Hannity called Clinton's email server a "real threat to our security."

Of course, all of this relates to Hannity's strong support for Trump, and not to good faith concerns about abuse of power and the rule of law. But if you need proof, Hannity provided it on his show Thursday.

After Politico reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democratic officials that she would like to see President Donald Trump "in prison" at a meeting earlier this week, Hannity suddenly changed its mind about whether to prosecute political figures.

"President Pelosi has apparently announced to senior Democratic officials that she would like to see Trump behind bars," Hannity said. "On the basis of no real crime, she wants a political opponent to be locked up in jail?" This happens in banana republics – beyond despicable behavior. And by the way, they would literally transform, in many ways, the United States into a country we no longer recognize. "

Compare Hannity's comments Thursday to what he said in January 2018, when he said: "I think Hillary should be in jail. Lock it.

Beyond the obvious hypocrisy, Hannity is wrong to say that Pelosi's comment was based on "no real crimes". Mueller's final report failed to determine whether or not the president had obstructed justice, but he considered 10 potential cases of obstruction. As Mueller clearly explained in his report and when he read a statement summarizing his findings, the main way to save Trump from prosecution was not a lack of evidence, but rather the decision of the Department of Justice to not to indict the incumbent presidents.

And while Hannity denounces politically motivated prosecutions, "lock her up!", The chants remain the core of Trump's rallies that end three years after the elections.

In fact, during his last rally on May 20 in Pennsylvania, Trump's attacks on Mueller and the FBI prompted his followers to refine their familiar chorus by chanting "Lock them!

Instead of trying to stall the vocals, Trump has been addicted to them, telling his audience that "we have a new grand attorney general who will give him a very fair look".

Trump's comments come shortly after the "great new Attorney General" of whom he spoke, William Barr, denounces the Democratic leaders who accuses him of lying under oath during his testimony in Congress and seemed to threaten to investigate themsaying, "they may be concerned about the result of a review of what happened during the election".

As we could expect, Hannity applauds Barr's comments as an illustration of how "the responsibility of the deep state is coming!"

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