In many governments the candidates for the highest stations are above the law; and, if they can attain the object of their ambition, they have no fear of being called to account for the means by which they acquired it.
This is true even in democratic governments where “politicking” has become its own occupation. Politicians hire such spoken as fixers who make problems and potentially libel vices all but disappear. Even making certain “problem” conveniently vanish or end their murmuring. (e.g. the Clinton family)