Another benefit is to send a warning to those who are not an Insider who would consider running for office.
The Uniparty is irate that Donald Trump won the 2016 election and have been doing all they can since then to ensure that no outsider even considers running for the office again.
President Trump will forever have the honor of The Last Legitimate President of These United States. Everyone else from him forward is correctly identified as a fraud and a Deep State pawn.
1. Disqualify President Trump form making a comeback in 2024.
2. Tie him up to prevent him from releasing information about their criminal corruption or pardoning anyone (such as Assange) who may have information about it.
3. As you said, warn any other outsider that this will happen to you if you dare run for office.
4. Keep any members of the Trump family from running for office.
5. Provide an excuse to criminalize conservative speech.