The anti-corruption crusade itself functioned as political corruption.

Evidence

This was obviously corruption in itself. Even before 2018, it was clear that Moro had broken the law in the pursuit of his version of justice. Lava Jato had obviously helped Bolsonaro win—Moro had put his main adversary, the frontrunner, in jail earlier in the campaign year. And now he was very publicly profiting. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 726

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off earlier claims that Operation Car Wash selectively targeted one party’s abuses. — connects to: Operation Car Wash selectively targeted one party’s abuses — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 610; Impeachment partly served to shield the political class from corruption prosecution — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 658; Assuming officials are inherently corrupt may itself breed the corruption it seeks to prevent. — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 63 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Assuming officials are inherently corrupt may itself breed the corruption it seeks to prevent. #complicates (0.85) — Frank Lovett, Republicanism, 63