Al lot of charges have "stuck" hence why Trumple has offered to pardon everyone when he wins.
You don't need to go to another country for an example when you can just look at the US. McCarthyism is the political theatre you are talking about. The Red Scare and ruining countless peoples lives over made up bullshit.
This ain't made up. The sexual assaulter did not concede willingly and fomented an insurrection however dumb or ineffective it was.