In this 2008 National Review article from the height of the scandal, just before he resigned, [Walter Olson] recalled how a key part of Spitzer’s “distinctively relentless style” was to demagogically personalize his prosecutions into crusades against “ ‘imperial’ CEOs — he did much to popularize the phrase — [who] had come to feel they were above the law… all talk of forgiveness for momentary lapses in judgment, of deference to uniquely valuable skill sets, and even of basic old-fashioned due process for the accused, were but excuses.”
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"Talk of forgiveness for momentary lapses in judgment." Pot meet kettle.
