witch hunt

Gaetz also denied the allegations at the heart of the unreleased Ethics report, claiming the bipartisan committee was engaged in a witch hunt.

There is a bruising public airing of the claims, followed by a backlash and claims of a witch hunt.

It was not a “deep-state witch hunt.”

Gaetz, for his part, is echoing Trump's playbook of characterizing all accusations against him as being part of a political witch hunt.

His witch hunt had to be conducted in the name of saving the country from communism.