[enraged_camel]

All corruption is bad. Selective enforcement of the law is worse. It increases corruption by giving a strong incentive to win favors from powerful people.

[nonethewiser]

Do you think this guy's chances of getting away with it would have increased if he solicited favors from powerful people?

[throwaway85825]

A pardon costs ~1M, just need to still more than that and you're golden.

[cucumber3732842]

At least they're still pretending to not be corrupt.

Inequality codified into the law, literal separate rules, is worse still.