This may well be the case, but remember that the wheels of justice turn so slowly that Donald Trump was re-elected before he could be effectively prosecuted by Jack Smith.

This is of course bad when up against threats that develop at this speed; doesn't require a conspiracy, I think of it as institutional old age, which may be worse as there's nobody to prosecute and a whole bunch of departments who will point at perfectly legitimate precident about why you really do need them.