witch hunt

The pardon preempts that sort of actual witch hunt.

Gaetz also denied the allegations at the heart of the unreleased Ethics report, claiming the bipartisan committee was engaged in a witch hunt.

There is a bruising public airing of the claims, followed by a backlash and claims of a witch hunt.

It was not a “deep-state witch hunt.”

Gaetz, for his part, is echoing Trump's playbook of characterizing all accusations against him as being part of a political witch hunt.