Arresting anyone in the Beltway club is "criminalizing politics." As I wrote in comments yesterday, this is both a talking point and a reflection of their inner beliefs. It's been a long time since anyone of note in the club got tangled in the legal system. The Clintonites, who mostly got in trouble for stuff they did before they got to Washington, weren't really part of the club. Back during the Reagan years indictments were flying around like confetti, but not so much since. They've gotten used to being, along with their pals in the political industrial complex, immune from pesky details like following the law.
