It used to be public people worried about the appearance of impropriety because just looking bad was bad. Now if someone can’t prove the worst, you are presumed innocent. IMO because a bunch of morons thought the legal precept of “presumption of innocence” was a good argument for the rest of us not assuming the worst.
No. Because it has deniability.
It used to be public people worried about the appearance of impropriety because just looking bad was bad. Now if someone can’t prove the worst, you are presumed innocent. IMO because a bunch of morons thought the legal precept of “presumption of innocence” was a good argument for the rest of us not assuming the worst.
Partisanship in a corrupt system requires at least some willful blindness.