CLW noted this item on this week’s U.S. v. Kelly argument before SCOTUS, one to watch for astute observers of governmental abuses at the request of private parties and seemingly in service of private interests. (Image cleverly doctored for copyright reasons; click the link for the linked original).
The highlighted portion is of course the key here. But this last paragraph really caught our eye.
That’s the same “Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [who is] a major proponent of using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against political opponents“.
More on Sen. Whitehouse and his favorite use of government for political purposes at the linked paper.