My conspiracy theory theory for the day.
These three key players have been flipped.
They have limited immunity>bring a bullet proof case against all evil doers and secure maximum fines/imprisonment/capital punishment.
If you go through the motions and extend a pass to the evil doers, we go for max prosecution and add misprison of treason
Mine: a sting operation gone bad The people who set up the sting were compromised and blackmailed