Have you been living in the US since 2016? The court of public opinion has been the primary weapon if choice for a certain political party. That's why trust in the MSM is at a 50 year low per CNN.
They took one of the riches and most famous guys in the world, who has been in the spotlight and had cameras watching his every move since he was a child, and they charged him with dozen of bogus claims, proven to be paid for by politcal opponents, and they couldn't find a single thing that would hold up in court....but half the country believes he is a rapist, a threat to democracy, a racist, a real estate fraudster, a white supremacist, a Russian spy, a homophobe.
The precedent has been set. If you dont have you are accused of something, your life must be turned inside out to prove your innocence, or you're hiding something. Blame who you want for that, but that's the world we live in. The public isn't going to put up with 2 tiered justice right now.