Trump's two edges over Cohen being his presidency and his distance from the dirty deed. It's too bad the consequences of failure to hold a successful criminal prosecution against a president becomes so important. It makes placing accountability on a crook as Trump difficult.
Agree. Though you've shifted the context, there is no doubt
"But if they don't make it, it won't be for lack of trying."
A failed coup without repercussions is just a dry run."
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”