Political use of prosecutorial authority is also becoming a vehicle to interfere with future elections in contravention of international standards for election fairness.
Let's start with this question: Have you heard about the Bill and Hillary Clinton ally prosecuted for laundering campaign contributions, or paying off women to make televised allegations against Donald Trump, or paying the spouse of a senior DOJ prosecutor to use the DOJ to help smear the Republican presidential candidate then leaking to the press about it before the election?
With enough investigating agents and prosecutors, something can be found on many Trump campaign workers to warrant prosecution.
Equality requires the ability of political parties and candidates to register for elections without unreasonable requirements; that they have balanced access to the media; that laws governing the financing of campaigns are the same for all candidates and do not give one candidate or party an unequal advantage; and that the electoral process is fair and not skewed toward a party or candidate.
Political abuse of prosecution can also take the form of refraining from prosecution.
Recall one of the election fairness standards: "Overall, political freedoms of expression, conscience, association, and assembly must be protected." Human Rights Watch documents how in places like Egypt, non-security forces carry out violence to suppress free speech, without fear of prosecution.
Failing to prosecute thugs who suppress free speech is as much a threat to a democratic republic as selective prosecution of political opponents.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/05/selective-prosecution-biases-legal-system-right/
Let's start with this question: Have you heard about the Bill and Hillary Clinton ally prosecuted for laundering campaign contributions, or paying off women to make televised allegations against Donald Trump, or paying the spouse of a senior DOJ prosecutor to use the DOJ to help smear the Republican presidential candidate then leaking to the press about it before the election?
With enough investigating agents and prosecutors, something can be found on many Trump campaign workers to warrant prosecution.
Equality requires the ability of political parties and candidates to register for elections without unreasonable requirements; that they have balanced access to the media; that laws governing the financing of campaigns are the same for all candidates and do not give one candidate or party an unequal advantage; and that the electoral process is fair and not skewed toward a party or candidate.
Political abuse of prosecution can also take the form of refraining from prosecution.
Recall one of the election fairness standards: "Overall, political freedoms of expression, conscience, association, and assembly must be protected." Human Rights Watch documents how in places like Egypt, non-security forces carry out violence to suppress free speech, without fear of prosecution.
Failing to prosecute thugs who suppress free speech is as much a threat to a democratic republic as selective prosecution of political opponents.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/05/selective-prosecution-biases-legal-system-right/
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