Simply put, we allowed it.
No, we could not prevent it.
We lacked the raw political power to prevent it.
We still do not have that power on a sustained level. We unabatedly allow our leaders to be destroyed. Even our leader lacked the will to fight against his coup instigating persecutiors.
We do not storm the Congress to stop the kangaroo court currently in progress. We sit and watch and bitch and moan.We cowardly take no action