They are charging the journalist who discovered government espionage *with* espionage. This is the model of authoritarianism that Trumpists promote as the ideal.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:d52g57qhdyydkmwtuueco57q/post/3mhxx5h762s27
The journalist denies doing anything than journalism. Hungary has been using Pegasus to spy on journalists and lawyers. thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
Hungary under Orban is a satellite state of Russia. Orban's election campaign has centered on attacking the country Russia invaded. The US endorses all of this. JD Vance is going to Hungary before the election to help Orban. The EU should be telling Hungarian voters - choose: East or West.
Long list of people who present themselves as defenders of free speech and classical liberalism in the US, but are willing to legitimate Orban's authoritarianism: e.g. Niall Ferguson, Ilya Shapiro, Joshua Katz, Jordan Peterson, Rod Dreher, and Patrick Deneen donmoynihan.substack.com/p/make-ameri...

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