> In both cases the reason someone was persecuted was they offended someone in power.

Sure, if you ignore all the other elements of each case.

> If you view one of those cases as a bad result, then chances are you are biased.

I think it's worse to spread deliberately false information about an election than it is to accurately quote the President of the United States.

> The comments I see about Trump weaponizing the Department of Justice to oppress people is pretty much exactly what I saw said about Biden weaponizing the Department of Justice to oppress people during his administration.

Hitler said nasty things about Jews, and Jews say similarly nasty things about Hitler. Does this make them equal?