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Senators Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) woke up on January 22 absolutely furious about fraud. Furious. Outraged. Suddenly, they were champions of accountability, defenders of justice, and guardians of the public trust. A Trump commutation, they declared, was proof that the justice system was being corrupted by wealthy insiders and political favoritism.

Strong words. Dramatic words. Convenient words.

Because while Looney and Duff were busy scolding Washington about fraud, they were standing knee-deep in it at home.

Just two days earlier, a forensic audit found “pervasive governance failures, systemic internal control weaknesses, and patterns of conduct that strongly suggest potential fraud and misappropriation of public funds” connected to Sen. Doug McCrory, a powerful Democrat and one of their own.

Millions of taxpayer dollars were routed through a nonprofit that auditors said effectively operated at McCrory’s direction. The FBI is involved. This wasn’t rumor. This wasn’t a bot tweet on X. This was a forensic audit.

Looney’s response? He saw “no reason” to remove McCrory from leadership.

Duff’s response? He hadn’t even read the audit.

But Trump? Trump is the real threat to justice.

Here’s how Looney and Duff put it, word for word:

“This commutation is also a slap in the face to the federal investigators and prosecutors who spent countless hours investigating this case, pursuing justice, and holding a fraudster accountable.

Unfortunately, this decision is another example of the Trump regime’s corruption of the American justice system. For President Trump, crime is acceptable if you’re a rich donor or well-connected individual, while ordinary citizens face the full force of the law. That kind of favoritism corrodes public trust, fosters cynicism, and represents one of the most disturbing demonstrations of corruption in modern American history.”

Every line of that was written while their own Senate chairman sat under a forensic audit using the words “potential fraud” and “misappropriation of public funds.” One of them refused to remove him. The other hadn’t even bothered to read the report.

So when they talk about a “slap in the face to investigators,” what they really mean is investigators only matter when they’re investigating Republicans.

When they lecture about “well-connected insiders,” they mean everyone except their own.

And when they warn that favoritism corrodes public trust, they are accidentally describing themselves.

They lose their minds when Trump shortens a sentence after a conviction, but they’re perfectly fine blocking accountability before an investigation even gets serious. They scream about corruption in Washington while protecting it in Hartford. They don’t oppose corruption. They supervise it.

That’s Connecticut politics in plain English: Maximum outrage for their enemies. Maximum protection for their own.

Looney and Duff aren’t angry about fraud. They’re angry about who gets to commit it. They aren’t defending the justice system. They’re defending the franchise. The party. The hierarchy.

And the timing makes it worse. Their statement was released less than 48 hours after an audit used the words “potential fraud” and “misappropriation of public funds” to describe activity tied to their own caucus. That isn’t coincidence. That’s deflection. It’s the political equivalent of yelling, “Look over there!” while hoping no one notices the smoke behind you.

They accuse Trump of turning justice into a tool of the powerful. Meanwhile, their own Senate chairman sits untouched, protected by silence and selective blindness. If this is their idea of accountability, it explains why Connecticut’s corruption scandals never end. They just play on a loop like Groundhog Day.

Connecticut isn’t trapped in Groundhog Day because corruption is unavoidable. It’s trapped there because the same people who lecture about justice are the ones hitting the snooze button. Every single time.

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