It's beginning to look a lot like FITZMAS (again)

[Silent3]

36. "with so much actually happening right in front of us"

But we've seen plenty happening "right in front of us" before, and in the end, either no indictments at all, or a slap on the wrist.

Only indictments and convictions of top-level conspirators will be proof that things have changed. I hope they have. I'm not as absolutely certain as the OP that nothing will happen, but I am highly skeptical.

One thing I can already be sure of: The pace has already been too slow to provide substantial deterrence value to future would-be coup plotters.

Those who attempt to overthrow the government of the United States should be afraid that the response to such actions will come down on them like a ton of bricks, not a slow-motion flurry of paperwork.

The response should be more like pursuing an active serial killer -- they still get due process, but if they're taken in alive, they are likely jailed while awaiting trial, and the process moves much more quickly.