On the other hand, if they see that they have once in a lifetime electoral dynamite, how could they resist the urge to use it?
Easy question. Beaucuse 1”
1)It will drive the media into hysterics. Nothing else will be reported. 98% of reporting will be negative towards Trump. These would be arrests. Not plea deals or convicts. The arrested will proclaim innocence while POTUS is smeared as Hitler 2.0.
2)The GOPe absolutely will not support Trump on this. They will run to the nearest cameras to denounce a POTUS of their own party should the Trump admin charge Obama admin officials. I have no doubt of this.
So because of that nothing will happen until after the midterms. After that all bets are off.
Ironically, the one thing that would get people out to vote for the hapless repubikans is if a lot of these corrupt-staters went to prison. Otherwise, they have little to run on.
“because of that (fear of bad press) nothing will happen until after the midterms.”
That would apply at any time, so why not benefit electorally?
Arrests and raids will likely initially be denounced as purely political by the Press, but when witnesses start to turn state’s evidence, damning evidence of shocking crimes becomes public, and well known people are convicted, it will turn people off to the perpetrators, and expose their past lies - destroying the credibility of their usual election season lies. Depressing the Democratic base.
So arrests and raids might need to be a few months earlier, for the info to get well out and absorbed, overcoming a few waves of media counterattacks with waves of new revelations. Maybe some big convictions or plea deals timed for September or October. Or maybe a new wave of allegations and raids, whose credibility has been boosted by the earlier wave(s).
I think that the bottom line is that there are some unusually big cards to play for this coming election, because there has been such exceptional corruption. Poker faces are to be expected in the lead up.
Better that Justice be thorough and effective, than that it be quick.