Your (understandable) response totally encapsulates the point that @beschizza was making when he wrote this part:
One need not feel sorry for the guy to still be concerned that the specific legal charges that the US government is leveling against him in this case are dubious and could set a bad precedent. Being fine with it just because he’s an asshole and likely guilty of several other crimes is shortsighted. Let’s just charge him with the legit crimes that he likely is guilty of instead.
