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"Public officials should not prosecute their political rivals."
@evan the trap is "ha! I am of a political party opposed to yours, Mr DA, therefore you are not allowed to charge me with any crimes"
@joncruz is there any way to avoid that cunning trap?
@evan the phrasing of the question might be key.
@joncruz sorry, I meant, is there any way for a public official to avoid that Catch-22?
@evan in *theory* the U.S. system has a lot in place for handling that. Enforcement is key, of course. One example is the Kansas paper that was just raided by police. State investigators are following up on that now.
Unfortunately the Right in the US seems to have no problem breaking the law, and false claims of bias against them hide the truth of things being biased in their favor.