Brazil's version goes like this . Luiz Lulu da Silva was the leftist establishment President of Brazil . He lost the Presidency to the Liberal Party candidate Jair Bolsonaro in 2019 . He began a process of economic reforms .That led to him being labeled a right wing threat to democracy.
They faced off again in 2022 . Lulu won a close election. That is normal elections in a free nation. But that is not where it ends . Bolsonaro is charged with plotting to stage a coup. Scores of his supporters were jailed after they rioted believing the election was stolen (sound familiar ?) . He is also charged with falsifying of vaccine records related to him travelling during covid.
After last year's riots, Latin America's most populous democracy tries to piece itself together | AP News
Bolsonaro presented plan to reverse 2022 election, Brazilian military leaders say | AP News
Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil's former president denies coup allegations (bbc.com)
Brazil Police Recommend Criminal Charges Against Bolsonaro - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying Covid vaccination data | CNN
But that is 3rd world politics . That can't happen here . Right ?
Navarro becomes first Trump White House official to report to prison over Jan. 6 | The Hill
Navaro is in jail because he stood for the long standing principle of executive privilege ; that President's advisors cannot be forced to testify to Congress about the advise they give to the President .
But what happened when Eric Holder refused to testify to Congress during the emperor's reign over the decision to send weapons to Mexican cartels ?
No criminal prosecution of Holder for contempt | CNN Politics
What happened when Hunter Biden refused ?
Hunter Biden declines House committee invitation to testify publicly - The Washington Post
One definition of lawfare could be the asymmetrical application of the law favoring one faction over the other .
General Mike Flynn's life was destroyed for allegedly lying to the FBI . Charges he was compelled to plea guilty of under the threat of his son being charged . But acting FBI director Andrew Mccalib admitted lying
Michael Flynn Is Reportedly Worried His Son Could Get Wrapped up in the Russia Investigation (businessinsider.com)
Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Same thing with John Brennan and James Clapper
In 2011, then Homeland Security Advisor to President Obama, John Brennan, swore before Congress that drone-targeted assassination missions near the Pakistani border had not led to “a single collateral death.”
That was an obvious lie with grave consequences, given that Brennan was sworn under oath and was one of the top officials in the US national security community. Yet there were no subsequent repercussions.
In fact, the opposite occurred. Brennan was subsequently rewarded with a 2013 appointment as CIA Director.
But the next year, once again, Brennan lied to Congress, assuring the Senate Intelligence Committee that his CIA had not secretly accessed senate staffers’ computers. Again, there were no consequences for his repeated lies. Instead, Brennan, upon retirement, went on to be an MSNBC/NBC analyst who helped to promulgate the Russian collusion/laptop disinformation hoaxes.
In 2013, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper also lied under oath to Congress when he laughably stated that the National Security Agency did not spy on American citizens. Later, when called out by senators, Clapper fudged in a televised interview. “I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful, manner by saying no.” Try that contortion with the IRS.
Some members of Congress referred a criminal complaint of perjury against Brennan to then Attorney General Eric Holder. Nothing happened. Again, one of the chiefs of the American national security community was exempted after lying to members of Congress.
Clapper went on to a lucrative position as a CNN national security analyst, and at one point he claimed that Trump was a Putin “asset.”
Guilty! -- But Not Really Guilty? | Frontpage Mag
James Comey lied ;saying he could not recall or remember 245 times.
James Comey ‘can’t recall’ squat – Boston Herald
The administrative states compels you to think correctly or face the consequences.
You will face criminal penalty or financial ruin.
Quid Pro Joe admits to taking classified documents and disclosing their content to a ghost writer . But Robert Hur decides to not prosecute . Evita destroys documents ;computers ;evidence and obstructs justice.... and Comey decided to not prosecute. But Trump faces charges for much less offenses.
Trump had to pay out almost $90 million to E Jean Carrol for alleged sexual abuse . Clueless Joe was accused of sexual assault by Tara Reade . The compliant press spun a tale of her being manipulative and deceitful . They made Joe the victim. They destroyed Reade .
‘Manipulative, deceitful, user’: Tara Reade left a trail of aggrieved acquaintances - POLITICO
New Evidence Supports Credibility of Tara Reade’s Allegation Against Biden (theintercept.com)
Trump has to pay out over $500 million for the right to appeal a verdict against him(in direct disregard to his 8th Amendment protection against excessive fines ) in a case where a prosecutor campaigned on the promise to get Trump...in a case where a leftist judge made the call without a jury ....for charges of defrauding victims who not only did not complain about fraud ;but testified in court that Trump used standard practices in his dealings with them. They all made money on the deal.
Deutsche Bank Executive Testifies Loan to Trump Wasn't Unusual - Bloomberg
I could go on but you get the point . Is lawfare the new normal ;and will it be the REAL reason democracy is destroyed ?