«Whether it is
fake accounts at Wells Fargo or a massive data breach
at Equifax, recent
scandals have demonstrated that consumers need to access the justice system when a big, powerful company opens
accounts in their name, without their consent, and leaves them vulnerable to fraud by failing to secure their personal data,» said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D - Nev.
Without that immediate, and highly plausible, rebuttal, plebgate snowballed into a full scale
scandal spawning a resignation, the revelation of a
fake eyewitness
account, arrests, inquiries, a Channel 4 documentary, a Scotland Yard investigation and demonstrations
at the Tory Party conference, and involved the DPP, the CPS, the IPCC, the Diplomatic Protection Group, ACPO and the Police Federation, as well as drawing in all the party leaders, the home secretary and countless MPs.