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I'm not sure how that's relevant, since John Kiriakou does not appear to be particularly wealthy.

I'm talking about political prosecutions, not extremely wealthy people.

I understand that, but I'm talking about the intersection of both. When an extremely wealthy person is subjected to a "political prosecution," that usually means they're guilty as hell, it's a serious crime, and it's just one that other extremely wealthy people got away with.

Again, my comment was just about political prosecution, I think you should reread my first response.

That said, I don't think your logic carries. Extremely wealthy people are often the targets of political prosecution because they're wealthy. Being wealthy makes you a target, it doesn't provide protection

It was about a specific political prosecution of a specific person, who is extremely wealthy.

Which wealthy people have been subject to political prosecution in the US that wasn't just a case where the person was totally guilty and deserved to be prosecuted, and it's "political" just because other rich people didn't get prosecuted for it?

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