“When I embarked on this, I expected fair, respectful treatment by the press and my party, and to serve my constituents,” Edgington said. “[The reporting] is causing me mental stress and affecting my family relations. I don’t need this.”

I’m sympathetic that people get rolled over by prosecutors getting them to plead to things they didn’t do to minimize charges. I’m not sympathetic to this guy crying about mental stress when his party is filled with grievance and seeks to weaponize it against marginalized people as its primary platform. Tough shit, asshole.