Yes, they are criminals, openly contemptuous of the law. Why should we expect anything different? They only legal consequences they ever face is a paying what to them is a nuisance fine. And their howler-monkey MAGA cult is indifferent if not enthusiastic about the fact that they are gangsters.
GodRepublican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.