[bawolff]

> The intent and context are obviously better for the one who's clearly sending the "threat" as a political statement against selective enforcement.

That is far from obvious.

In general i think that attempting to alter the course of justice via a threat is much worse than a simple threat. Any situation where officers of the court are afraid to impartially do their duties to coercion is a fundamental threat to society and should be dealt with harshly.

> ... and you're willing to give the benefit of doubt to those with power here.

I'm basing my view on the arguments presented in this thread.

So far what has been presented is that the prosecutor did something very normal that happens all the time for very reasonable reasons. Its possible that in this case it happened due to inappropriate reasons, idk, but so far nobody has even presented a theory for why the action was corrupt instead of normal.

In general i think it is the job of the person arguing that misconduct occured to present evidence that it actually happened. Otherwise things descend into witch hunts as it is very difficult to prove a negative.