Rule of law doesn't apply to government when it exposes lies, conspiracy, racketeering, and a slew of other felonies. When it makes government inconvenient, they just ignore the rule of law. When it exposes fraud and crimes, it is white-washed or disappeared. You are seeing this over and over, and over again...
The world's largest crime syndicates are operate out of Washington DC and anyone that challenges or threatens those operations are squelched or eliminated.