You have guys blowing Merlino, massaging his ego, praising him as a mastermind and bigging him up as the cerebral boss of Philly and simultaneously CRITICISING the Feds for not LEAVING HIM ALONE and SCRUTINISING him too much. Even though he was still UNDER PAROLE when he was surveilled blatantly (and stupidly) violating it by meeting with known felons and even though he refuses to report his lavish income which he blatantly (and stupidly) flaunts.

I mean if people can't see the irony and hypocrisy of that, then I give up.

Do people understand how parole works?

The dwarf could at least have waited a few weeks or months for his restrictions to end before the groundswell of opposition to a tame prison sentence started.

I invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.