Here is my dilemma: if Trump restores the rule of law without some form of punishment against those who flagrantly violated it these past eight years, then the message will be that Democrats have permission to ignore the law when they control the government.
We have not seen a Republican administration that was willing to punish past governments for their political over-reaches. The closest in my memory was when the Democrat-led Congress went after Scooter Libby related to the Valerie Plame affair, before that with Reagan on Iran-Contra, and before that with Nixon on Watergate, all resulting in convictions and jail time for some involved.
Republicans have been afraid to do anything against Democrats of any significance beyond show hearings with no punishments. Impeaching Bill Clinton in the House was the strongest (and last) that Republicans dared to try.
So restoring the rule of law is good, but it is not enough to prevent Democrats from just ignoring it again the next time they regain power. Somebody has to go to prison to make Democrats think twice about it from now on.
-PJ