Kamala is the fall gal and this story is the very reason they can take her off the ticket...
They can simply choose to keep her off the ticket in 2024. Don't need a scandal for that. It's been done in the past, such as when Frankin Roosevelt dumped Henry Wallace for Harry Truman in 1944.
What might be afoot is getting her out of office, allowing somebody more reliable to take her place, paving the way for Biden's removal.
Scandal is how they got Agnew out of the way to make room for Jerry Ford back in 1973. The next year, Nixon resigned and Ford was able to be slipped into the Oval Office.
Drooling idiot or coke head? Finally more than one explanation for her conduct