Using the legal system and government resources to combat political enemies. Just like Obama did.
Regardless of your actual guilt or innocence - if you are arrested and charged with a major crime - it gets tempting to take a “plea” to a much lesser charge when confronted with a prosecutor who is a terror...
It can get this bad: “We’ll stick you in front of a jury that will convict any Republican still breathing — unless you tell us what you really know about Trump. You say what you would be tried for is not even a crime? Tell it to the Obama-appointed judge and court of appeals.”
It can get this bad: “We’ll stick you in front of a jury that will convict any Republican still breathing — unless you tell us what you really know about Trump. You say what you would be tried for is not even a crime? Tell it to the Obama-appointed judge and court of appeals.”
This is the way they work their way up the chain. But if you've been working for the Mob, it's not advisable to cooperate with the prosecution.
States should not be allowed to flip. If they voted for Trump before, they must stay in that column.
It’s not just flipping that is the problem. Prosecutors “throw the book” at suspects, charging them with multiple counts of crimes in order to coerce them into accepting a plea. If you are facing 20 years if you lose, or 1 year to accept a plea, plus the expense and emotional toll of a trial, well, 9 out of 10 people take a plea. Sure, many or most are guilty of something. But they pile on every conceivable charge. The politics of Prosecutors - they want high win/conviction rates to please their boss and their boss wants high conviction rates to run for re-election or higher office. IMO it’s abusive. If every suspect refused a plea deal it would grind the judicial system to a halt. They couldn’t possibly hold that many trials, not just logistically but mentally a prosecutor simply could not keep up with all the evidence, witnesses, testimony etc for 1000 trials each and every year. So they coerce most into copping a plea.