“He should be serious about losing his seat. If lost, he can no longer CYA. He actually might go to jail.”
He’s probably worried about more than jail. The CCP has “six ways from Sunday” to deal with agents who no longer are useful.
Yes. That is probably true.
Like all Communists, they tend to punish their enemies without concern of legality of their action, just like all ComDem’s since Obozo.