The key to the strategy is in understanding how POTUS is to appear to have nothing to do with the prosecution in terms of participation. He is to be out of its line of fire and above the fray
the coup players will go down
the bad actors of the coup need to eat their own***
It does seem to come together, doesn't it? Instead of a bunch of show trials - we have already seen the blossoming defense that this is just dictator Trump seeking retribution for good law enforcement - we watch the whole coup-crew desperately swirling around sinking with the Pequod while Moby Dick swims away for other pursuits.
Well, we will see.