[sterileopinions]

Honestly what's the point in prosecuting these crimes? Like objectively, in comparison, with precedence, with philosophical consideration to every reasonable extent, there is practically no point in expending the amount of effort that the justice system exerts on these types of crimes.

It almost makes you question why the justice system is motivated or incentivized to prosecute these types of crimes, to expend more judicial insight and energy, to display the overt and given power of government against a crime that has essentially harmed no one to any practical degree.

[chii]

When you reveal the dirty laundry of the rich and powerful, the tend to fight back hard, and attempt to make an example out of you.

[michaelfaraday]

If some of the rich and the powerful got that way by having a getting shit done attitude, then fighting back is just another thing to get done and why not do it well if you have the money?

[ec109685]

The indictment says he tried to extort an entity for 1 Million Euros.