Remember how Iraq didn't turn into a quagmire until after Hussein had been captured and executed and suddenly there were all these leaderless gangs of insurgents making it impossible to drive ten feet without getting blown up?As we already saw with Epstein, if Trump dies, they'll just assume someone in the deep state did it. Probably the Clintons. That will result in any number of nutbars going out to get revenge in whatever way they think is appropriate.
The real question about it now is where the jurors will stand on Trumps vs DeSantis.