Comment by gottorf

> it's pretty clear that maneuvering only happened because the prosecutors wanted to get Trump personally for something, and spend a lot of time looking and strategizing how to do it.

Exactly. There's zero chance that anybody not named Donald Trump would have been prosecuted in the same way for the same circumstances.

> If a prosecutor looked at your conduct that closely, for that long, they could almost certainly nail you (or anyone) for a felony, too. And it's pretty important for a fair and democratic legal system that they don't target individuals like that.

It's unfortunate that America is no exception to "show me the man and I'll show you the crime". One wonders if that had always been the case.