You sure about that? It is true so, by the time those people go to jail, they rend to be neither rich nor powerfull anymore. See Elizabeth Holmes, SBF, just spontaniously.

They were upstarts who got sent to prison for bilking the rich and famous. They were from well-off families, but not the 'halls of power', really.

Well, there is a former president who is indicted multiple times, if that counts. Sure, he is no Kennedy, but still.

But uh, he’s the de facto leader of his political party and the leading candidate for the next president?

Being indicted multiple times has really done very little to diminish his appeal with voters…

Republican voters, for the record. We'll see in November. Earlier, it seems, for some of his criminal trials.