And my point is that the idea that they would be prosecuted beyond a slap on the wrist is extremely ahistorical. Even within Nixon's administration, which was extremely conspiratorial, bordering on and often surpassing the legal definition of treason, only got smacked because it withheld information from both the Democrats, Republicans, AND the wider security state, and even then, they were pardoned or given minimal fines and sentencing.

Trump and his lackies wouldn't just have to be 'covering their bases', they would have to be insane on a level rivaling Pol Pot or Jim Jones. And I don't think they are. They know they are protected, they know who butters their bread, and they will not get in the way of elections.

As someone who lives in this country, and understands how people within it operate politically, it would be genuinely shocking if Trump suffers any consequences, and I will, literally, boil and eat my boots if he cancels elections, which I will probably have to anyways since everything would go to shit immediately if he did. It simply isn't going to happen.