The latest allegations against Romania's former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu are extraordinary. After authorities searched his residence and reportedly installed covert surveillance equipment, Georgescu allegedly hired a specialist to check his own home for hidden recording devices. Not remove them, just check. Now prosecutors are pursuing another criminal investigation, alleging attempted interference with government surveillance systems - inside his own home. Yet the specialist reportedly says he found no devices and interfered with nothing. Prosecutors themselves acknowledge that no surveillance equipment was damaged or disrupted. They claim Georgescu intended to interfere with their operation, but have not publicly disclosed the evidence establishing that intent. Nor have they released the judicial authorization for installing the equipment in the first place. Since when does hiring someone to search your own home for hidden microphones constitute evidence of a crime? This latest investigation raises serious questions about Romania as a democracy. As the treatment of a presidential candidate whose election victory was a whose election victory was annulled (on false pretenses) and who has subsequently faced an extraordinary succession of criminal proceedings. Romania canceled a presidential election on allegations of foreign interference, yet nearly two years later, the publicly available evidence still does not establish that Russia orchestrated the campaign or that the alleged interference changed the election outcome. The social-media promotion occurred, was largely traced to domestic political interests, while TikTok disputed a central intelligence allegation involving 25,000 accounts. This distinction matters enormously. Political advertising, undisclosed campaign spending, foreign interference, and election fraud are not interchangeable accusations. Canceling an election is among the most consequential powers a government can exercise. If Romanian authorities cannot publicly substantiate the violations that made a national election invalid, they are the ones that need to be prosecuted. Instead, Călin Georgescu faces an array of false allegations - the most recent is tampering with spyware, for which there is no judicial authorization on record and for which he was not informed of.