I would agree, if i didn't have that niggling feeling that it is actually all orchestrated to create the conflict.
They may be psychopathic, but they are not stupid - the initial arrest was ordered from above as a strategic move, and nothing to do with 'contempt of court'.
The kangaroo court, the 'd' notice on media- all adds up to it being more than a 'screw up' and more of a controlled event to pursue an an agenda..
It is orchestrated sloppily in my opinion. I don't think they are all that bright. They haven't needed to be when their guiding light is ideology and the population has embraced it bent over for sixty years. It's my guess they'll lose the reins on their whole agenda eventually unless they pull a hard break soon.