US Prosecutors Encourage The Witchhunt Against McDonnell

mcdonnell leanNotable commentary from the Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial board this morning regarding McDonnell’s efforts to vindicate his name:

And while McDonnell — once spoken of as a potential presidential candidate — struggles to stay out of prison, Donald Trump is cruising toward the Republican nomination.

It’s enough to make you wonder whether the Fates are registered Democrats.

Certainly the Furies are.

There is almost near-universal sentiment in the political class that McDonnell’s punishment does not fit the offense.  In fact, the specious and open-ended nature of honest services fraud deserves scrutiny from the highest court in the land.  The U.S. Supreme Court would do extremely well to review the case in toto, not only for the ramifications regarding corruption, but for the individual injustice being delivered into McDonnell’s lap.

Of course, a handful of partisans will snipe regarding the transportation tax hike and just desserts.  More charitable observers will note that family ought to take precedence over politics, which is true in every situation.  The act of trading gifts for political favors — in this instance — exists in myth and fable rather than reality.

Certainly, McDonnell’s case deserves consideration for that alone.  We don’t jail people in America for the great what-ifs or what-it-appears-to-be sort of exigencies.  Justice imposes the penalty of law for acts performed, not for the mere appearance of same.

Did Donald Trump not completely exposed this for what it is at the last Republican presidential debate?

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