Exactly. Criminalization of politics is an extremely bad thing for the Republic but Democrats are more worried about their own power than they are about the Republic. Also they know if Trump becomes President again he will hold them accountable for their actions.
And this is more than criminalization of politics, this is criminalization of SPEECH. The foundation of the Smith rape of American justice is that Trump made "knowingly false statements." Even if Smith could prove that - he can't - but even if he could, it's protected speech. What Joe Biden through his hit man Smith is doing is repealing the 1st Amendment.