Clarence Thomas did the things. He took $$ and didn’t report it. Now he’s claiming the victim.
Trump did the things. He probably did more than just the things.
When Nixon was caught doing the thing, a bunch of his aides were like, you know what we need? Not a party of people who don’t do the thing, a network to defend them when they do the things.
They were open about that. This is not a secret. Or a conspiracy. This is the open goal.
In fairness, they got a lot of power. So it “worked”