Former UN oversight chief says ICC prosecutor Karim Khan is ‘victim of massive stitch-up’
(www.middleeasteye.net)
For those of us who have never been exposed to the phrase "stitch-up" before:
noun
British Informal.
a scheme of deception that exploits or falsely incriminates someone, possibly leading to a false arrest; a setup.
These allegations against the mayor are part of an outrageous stitch-up.