The controversy surrounding Tony Leon's Resolve Communications has sparked intense debate, with at least six current and former DA representatives accusing the firm of leveraging political connections for commercial gain. Leon has aggressively dismissed critics as "mad people" and "conspiracy theorists," while framing the backlash as a flawed "State Capture" analogy. However, comparative evidence from democracies like Canada, the UK, and Australia suggests that similar conduct would be treated as a serious potential conflict-of-interest, regardless of whether laws were broken.