Agreed. Other than satisfying a sense of justice for some, would anything really be accomplished with trials for some of these players? Something about some of them being periahs among the people may serve justice better - especially with lots of civil lawsuits. Whether in a jail cell, or by public disgrace, justice will be served. The larger issue here is to locate and understand the machinery that allowed such treasonous behavior to occur and dismantle it. Eliminating or at least severely restricting the means that allowed such abuse of power by the government lines up with what POTUS has said - this should never happen to another administration again. That may include putting players in jail, or worse, but dispensing justice is not going to solve the more systemic problem of the ABCs of the government being allowed to run amuck shredding our constitution.  This balance between personal rights and public interest is at the heart of what Barr stated during the briefing. Should the government have access to communications in a terrorism case if there is a warrant? How many of our rights have been laid aside under the guise of a so called war on terror? It always seems somewhat justified on the surface - give up freedom for safety. Obamagate has shown us how the courts can be misused to trample on the rights of American citizens - so, a legal warrant issued by a crooked court is still a danger. As much as I dislike Apple, I really do not want it that easy to seize our private communications.  When is it appropriate for the rights of the citizen to be made to subverse the public interest? We are seeing the same battle being waged in this fight against governmental overreach with COVID.  I would much rather take the risk of a few criminals walking than to allow governmental tyranny. If the mechanism is there, corruption will always find a way to use it for their benefit and not ours. Our freedoms require constant diligence to keep and we are engaged. I think the progressives are going to find out pretty quick that we are not going to just roll over on this. We are awake and ready to take up our causes.