“Her dropping out would not change that.”
I suspect you are right. They wiretapped him. They investigated and impeached him with what they knew were lies. They are now trying to put him in jail.
What makes anyone think the deep state will behave properly (or even not atrociously) when he is the nominee? They will feed him knowingly false information if they give him any information at all. If they think they can get away with it, they will wiretap him again.
And then they will contrive to blame Vladimir Putin and Republicans for the false info.
>> What makes anyone think the deep state will behave properly (or even not atrociously) when he is the nominee?
They will not, as you suggest. This is why when he becomes President he must utterly, ruthlessly destroy the deep state (and salt the ground so that it never in our lifetimes dare reassemble).
Of course, “they” will call this “revenge-seeking”. It is not. It is helping to ensure the survival of the America we love.