Who pays for the lawyers?

If a public servant breaks the law while abusing her power, should the
public pay for the attorney who saves her from accountability for that
abuse?
If so, is it still OK if the money goes to her husband’s law firm? It
is a large amount of money; an amount so indefensible that it must be
kept secret; even in response to a public records request.
May the public expect that their taxes be spent in a manner that
supports the public interest?
If public assets are spent to advance a personal agenda at the expense
of the public interest; the law has been broken. Hasn’t it?
Which breaks us back the fact that these people cannot be held
accountable to any meaningful standard of conduct. They cannot be held
accountable even to the lowest standard of acceptable conduct; the law.
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