Legal beagles are barking louder and louder these days as they close in on Trumpians for questionable activities, which they allege have been happening for decades.
Why they waited is another question. Perhaps the answer is that prosecutors were not sure of public support for a very costly investigation.
Cynics will say that's one reason law enforcement focuses on perpetrators who cannot afford squadrons of lawyers to drag a case through multiple court levels for years.
Unless, of course, they can utilize news media exposure to help build public support.
Should it be this way?
Certainly not. Prosecutors will deny they do this, and insist that wealthy suspects are treated just as strongly as anyone else.
Nevertheless, that perception is hard to erase, especially when wealthy perpetrators can hire extremely talented lawyers and get more media exposure for both their legal and suspect activities.
This leads to a discussion of the current media prominence of the Trump family. They are high on the list of families of wealth and prominence, both social and political.
So why have prosecutors waited so long to close the ring of law enforcement?
News media report that New York State law enforcement did not start investigating possible violations until after they were revealed during congressional hearings in Washington.
Really? Were they not watching, or were the alleged perpetrators too powerful locally to be challenged?
Law enforcement will deny this, but the question remains.
Corruption in government is common. We just don't hear about it until it becomes too flagrant to ignore, and that's when news media and prosecutors do their thing.
Sadly, this phenomenon is worldwide. Nevertheless, America still has news media and law enforcement ready and willing to expose wrongdoing.
Whether they are able is another question.
If some folks are able to manipulate and control government and law enforcement as well as muzzle news media, then the Constitution and the nation are facing deep problems.
So the question now becomes this: Are we already in deep doo-doo?
Why they waited is another question. Perhaps the answer is that prosecutors were not sure of public support for a very costly investigation.
Cynics will say that's one reason law enforcement focuses on perpetrators who cannot afford squadrons of lawyers to drag a case through multiple court levels for years.
Unless, of course, they can utilize news media exposure to help build public support.
Should it be this way?
Certainly not. Prosecutors will deny they do this, and insist that wealthy suspects are treated just as strongly as anyone else.
Nevertheless, that perception is hard to erase, especially when wealthy perpetrators can hire extremely talented lawyers and get more media exposure for both their legal and suspect activities.
This leads to a discussion of the current media prominence of the Trump family. They are high on the list of families of wealth and prominence, both social and political.
So why have prosecutors waited so long to close the ring of law enforcement?
News media report that New York State law enforcement did not start investigating possible violations until after they were revealed during congressional hearings in Washington.
Really? Were they not watching, or were the alleged perpetrators too powerful locally to be challenged?
Law enforcement will deny this, but the question remains.
Corruption in government is common. We just don't hear about it until it becomes too flagrant to ignore, and that's when news media and prosecutors do their thing.
Sadly, this phenomenon is worldwide. Nevertheless, America still has news media and law enforcement ready and willing to expose wrongdoing.
Whether they are able is another question.
If some folks are able to manipulate and control government and law enforcement as well as muzzle news media, then the Constitution and the nation are facing deep problems.
So the question now becomes this: Are we already in deep doo-doo?
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