I ceased to be shocked about that a looooong time ago. Blue dress and cigar ring any bells for them? They still don't get it either. Sleaziness aside, Clinton LIED under oath and that was the freaking issue! (I know you , know that, that was for lurkers).
Let a non-elite try that, and see what happens.
Or, let some normal try suborning perjury against one of the elite, or the Deep State.
(Sound of key plummeting into the Marianas Trench...)