I confess that using the "how would the GOP respond if the duration was reversed and it was Hunter Biden" test to see if the outrage was earned or merely manufactured is such a low bar these days as to be rendered meaningless.
However
With Jordan conducting actual witch hunts in the House since the moment he stepped through the door and finding exactly zero - this is not in the same league. This case is about trying to affect an election, and it's tough to look back to those innocent days of 2016 and know whether these stories would have swung th needle enough to make a difference. In 2024? Oh, hell no. Not so sure about 2016 though. Remember that little public reopening by the FBI in the Hillary email nothing-burger/scandal? You don't think that tipped the scales just enough to let Trump slither into the White House?