I don't think there's any reason to single out Ortiz. She's doing what federal prosecutors do. What all federal prosecutors do. People want to blame prosecut

I don't think there's any reason to single out Ortiz. She's doing what federal prosecutors do. What all federal prosecutors do. People want to blame prosecutors, but the real problem here is Congress (as usual). Too many things are illegal under federal law. The justice system would take half the budget and we'd all spend half our time on jury duty if we wanted to take every single illegal act to trial. The only way out for the judiciary is to bully people into accepting plea bargains so only a tiny percentage of cases go to trial. If everyone refused to take a plea the entire system would grind to a halt. Were I in charge plea bargains would be illegal. That would remove the incentive to throw the book at every minor criminal, and if Congress can't allocate enough money to prosecute a crime it's not important enough to be on the books.