He lost in court, multiple times. And he'll probably continue to lose.
It's not that people in the government have a vendetta against him. He's just petulant and thinks himself above the law. So, while I'm sure it's enjoyable to to knock him down a peg, he's doing it to himself allowing blatantly illegal shit to happen in his companies.
Do I think that people leverage their positions of power in the govt to strike blows when they are offended or threatened? Absolutely.