Should be interesting to follow, I doubt office holders have any such protection from being ‘annoyed’ but stranger things have happened.
It sounds like a set up to pin the trial on Jim Bunning...a Republican so that it could be used against him in the next election. Since Bunning comes from a conservative state, this could cost him some votes. Bunning needs to appear at the trial and say, “look the man criticized me but I did not feel harrassed or threatened”.
This could blow up in unning’s face!