I have a few guesses. Though they are just guesses.
I expect some combination of any or all of the above would end up with him in court and nobody really coming to back him up.
Hobbits flew completely under the radar and ended up being the heroes of the story by being the only fantasy race that is physically capable of minding their own damn business. Everyone else was a military problem that needed to be solved by Sauron. The Hobbits weren't a threat - until they were.
Absurdism - How to Party At the End of Meaning
I very much love exurb1a but I think I particularly love this one most of all.
Oh sure, but they'll continually claim until they're blue in the face that everything they do is about money. So they should be continually exposed as the financially irresponsible idiots that they are.
For the people where egregious human rights violations and terrorism aren't deal breakers, wasting money is. Frankly I don't respect their opinion, however, they also vote, therefore their opinion does matter.
Which is a shame, because classic Luthor had extremely valid concerns about ceding ultimate power to someone you can't take it back away from. He used to be one of the most sensible "villains" I knew of.
I'm expecting some obviously fake, maybe AI written "file" to be released and for the originals to be destroyed. Calling it now.
Optimistic understatement, mostly.
No man can hide from the ravages of Time. It (and by extension, they) can reach you no matter where you try to hide away, corners or no.
I love those in particular just because of how absolutely inescapable they are. If the Hounds are hunting you then you're going to be found. Period, done, end of story. You can't exist in a place that has geometry without throwing open a door for them.
I'm sure at least one mad wizard has sealed himself inside a perfect spherical prison with no corners only to find that the Cornerhounds don't much care what corners they come from, and your knees and elbows work just fine if better solutions aren't available.
I buy things in early access for just such a reason. If it looks like something I'll like, I'll buy it early to support development. If it's great then great. If it falls through then I'm out a bad investment of like, $10.
I've got probably a hundred indie games in my library that I've supported in exactly such a fashion, from raw pre-alpha to 1.0 release to post-release content update or dlc. They aren't all winners. But many of them were worth the cost of investment and then some.
Less AAA trash fires and better access to actual passion projects because they aren't being drowned in a sea of mediocrity?
This is an absolute win on all sides
Even giving this sign the benefit of the doubt, if someone is actively drowning and you just call 911 and do nothing else then they will surely be dead by the time anyone from emergency services can make an appearance to help.
This does not mean you should also drown yourself trying to help them though. Ideally you throw them something long like a rope and tow them in to shore. If that's not possible, throwing them anything that floats is a good secondary option. People who aren't trained as lifeguards shouldn't usually get in the water to try and save a drowning person though, that's a very easy way to turn one dead body into two dead bodies. A drowning human is not a rational actor and they can and will also drown you trying (and failing) to save themselves.