Comment by tinfoilhatter
8 days ago
Curious where in the world this happens (holding officials accountable for violating public trust). It certainly doesn't happen in the United States.
8 days ago
Curious where in the world this happens (holding officials accountable for violating public trust). It certainly doesn't happen in the United States.
Israel sent a former prime minister to prison. Ukraine has had many an anti-corruption sweep ever since the Russians invaded. France denied le Pen electability due to misappropriating EU funds.
I'm fairly certain that in the cases you mentioned, the people doing the jailing / penalizing are also guilty of crimes and at the very least, violating public trust. Seems to me like more tit for tat politicking.
Prosecuting political opponents is convenient and very effective, especially if friendly parties control most of the media as well.
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Bush is the most obvious example and he never got near a prison.