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It's scare tactics. This particular case will get thrown out because you simply can't have "evidence" with being a part of an official investigation.
So they'll make a big stink about it. The poor bastard will be dragged through the legal system to great fanfare. The case will be tossed SILENTLY...with or without a counter suit and settlement for the victim.
No one will report on the settlement or the case being tossed because the purpose was never to prosecute, it's to normalize the idea in people's minds that the authorities can do whatever they want, so don't fight.
It'll get dropped, but the poor bastard they're persecuting won't get a settlement. The government will have immunity.