We can’t send a message that you can break the law so long as you are in power since you skate free if your side stays in, and if the opposition wins, they look mean going after you. Either way, you pretty much get a free pass to break laws that regular people must obey. What is the risk, therefore, of ignoring laws?
Investigate the investigators. Start there and work the way p making sure all deals to have anyone puke will be made public so we the people will be aware of how the entire chain worked. Extreme bright sunshine is now required and let the chips fall where they may. Even the press is to be implicated. Freedom of the press does not give any freedom to subvert.