Say a congress critter gets busted for DUI. The cop writes the ticket, the critter calls the prosecutor (who is the only one who can legally dismiss the ticket) and says, “Hey, Prosecutor. I got this ticket for DUI and I need it to go away. I can't have the bad optics, the points on my license, and I can't have my constituents knowing I was drunk driving. What say I offer to “donate” $10,000.00 to your next election campaign and you make the ticket go away?”
The prosecutor, knowing a great deal when he sees one, says “Deal!”.
The ticket is voided. No record of it shows up in any system, since it was stopped before it got into any legal systems. The cop is told the critter got it voided, the cop bitches about it but doesn't make a big deal, after all, last year he had a little trouble with a noise complaint that went away...
And now all three...the prosecutor, the congress critter and the cop, know that justice is for sale. Additionally, they all have something on each other...to be honored at a future date.
Great analogy, much appreciated.
I do understand that scenario well enough.
What I was struggling with was a comment that sounded to me as if no matter what is violated by Congress members, there is no avenue to correct the violation. His response cleared up my confusion.
Thanks again