Politics of washing hands

Politics of washing hands is when someone is in a wrong situation but always avoids or does not admit it. 
Worse still, people who do politics of washing hands can make someone a bait for the mistakes they have made themselves. Like a king and queen who are protected by pawns in a chess game. 
In modern times like today, many individuals do politics of washing hands. They do not want to be responsible for the mistakes they have made. In this era, it is more difficult for us to identify when something like that happens. Because news is easily spread and also many of us do not sort out when reading the news.