One thing that a role as assistant district attorney taught Nathan was that letting someone get away with something could be a very personally advantageous move.
Sometimes it was a matter of tit for tat-- he turns a blind eye toward a bit of scandal involving a state congressman and ends up spending two weeks in a really nice mountain resort in that politician's district, just in time for his anniversary. Sometimes, it was a matter of letting someone dig their own grave-- let one incident slide just to see a businessman with more money than brains do the same dipshit move again, but this time with discreetly placed microphones. Or cameras. The ones with cameras were the fun ones, really.
He's not a bad politician, really he isn't, and part of what Nathan learned was that it was easier than most people thought to get what he wanted. All he needs is the right leverage, a greased palm or a slippery slope, and as far as Nathan needs to worry, anything goes.
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Sometimes it was a matter of tit for tat-- he turns a blind eye toward a bit of scandal involving a state congressman and ends up spending two weeks in a really nice mountain resort in that politician's district, just in time for his anniversary. Sometimes, it was a matter of letting someone dig their own grave-- let one incident slide just to see a businessman with more money than brains do the same dipshit move again, but this time with discreetly placed microphones. Or cameras. The ones with cameras were the fun ones, really.
He's not a bad politician, really he isn't, and part of what Nathan learned was that it was easier than most people thought to get what he wanted. All he needs is the right leverage, a greased palm or a slippery slope, and as far as Nathan needs to worry, anything goes.