I'm not happy with this prosecutor, but one also has to look at the jury that convicted them. I would be interested to know more about them and why they believed an illegal immigrant drug smuggler over our border agents.Juries do get it wrong. Sutton did have the power of the presidency behind him. I'm not sure if or how that power actually manifested, but it was definitely there. Maybe it was a subtle check on the judge during the trial, making rulings favorable to the prosecutor. I don't know. I wasn't there. But the hand of The President was definitely in this prosecution and it quite possibly had its intended effect.
Read the trial transcripts.