is an onset of even worse legal peril. with extremist election denying message failing the midterms test, it is not just his party standing that is greatly threatening but also that political firewall and red wave of candidates he probably counted on to protect him in congress. politico explains what happens next amid the many criminal investigations closing in on his top pallies, his business dealings and his january 6th culpability. quote, with the midterm elections in the rearview, federal prosecutors are no longer abiding by an unwritten code to avoight politically sensitive investigative steps before voters go to the polls. prosecutors in the justice department s january 6th investigation, for example, quote, are free to take more overt steps to advance their investigation, end quote. let s bring in politico senior legal affairs reporter josh ger steen and asha, former fbi special agent for counterintelligence, now assistant dean at yale jackson