It's just spectacle for liberals, the appearance of justice without any of the thorny consequences.

I don’t think it is just spectacle. If the charges are true (and it seems watertight) then Trump did exactly the things you’d do if you wanted the US Government to throw you in a black site prison forever. Yeah it’s a problem that the liberals don’t challenge the grifting Trump did in office, but the charges they did bring are still a clear scandal and not mere technicalities. It’s also a lot easier to prove this kind of crime which has little ambiguity versus other crimes which Trump could argue intent, executive power, etc. Class privilege in itself doesn’t explain the whole story.