First they sent a SWAT team to New Zealand to capture Kim Dotcom, a German national, for something that’s legal in both New Zealand and Germany, and I did not speak out — because I was not in the computer business. Then, they conducted drone strikes and assassinations and renditions around the world, and I did not speak out — because I was not a swarthy foreigner. Then, they invaded countries, from Granada and Panama, to Afghanistan and Iraq, and I did not speak out — because I believed we were always on the side of truth and justice. Then, they prosecuted the FIFA guys, and I did not speak out — because I couldn’t care less about rich guys making money from soccer. Etc. Etc.

It is flat-out amazing that the DOJ is (ab)using the same commerce clause justification to squat on all 50 states to do the same to every nation in the world:

If you touch our shores with your corrupt enterprise, whether that is through meetings or through using our world-class financial system, you will be held accountable for that corruption.

In other words, the Department of Justice’s indictment alleges that since a part of the alleged corruption may have been planned in the US — even if it was then carried out elsewhere — they are in charge. And the use of US banks to transfer US dollars gives them additional jurisdiction.