I never said I thought it was for show. Presumably, the DOJ isn't likely to jump into such an undertaking without believing they have a winning case, so I'm not even suggesting that those who are publicly going after him have any intention of giving him a pass. The whole mania that's surrounded the orange idiot since 2015 just seems to have elevated to an effectively religious level for a disturbing number of people. I think that if facts and rational arguments worked on the religious, there probably wouldn't be much religion anymore.
He still has staunch supporters within the 'system' who'd likely be tempted to do whatever they could to tip the scale in his favor if they could do so without it costing their ass; hell, Judge Cannon comes to mind as such a possibility. I'm not sure about the exact mechanism of invoking the 14th Amendment to block him from office, but so much of what the Constitution means seems to vary depending on exactly who happens to be officially interpreting it at the time. Not sure if SCOTUS is involved, but if they are, do you feel good about the chances of it happening? What's the likelihood that there are jurors selected that absolutely wouldn't vote to convict him under literally ANY circumstances? I gotta imagine reasonably clever people can say the right things to make it through voir dire without exposing their biases.
No, I'm not calling the the prosecution a hoax at all. I just see waaaayyyyyy too much chance for people who have zero interest in actual justice to toss their sabot into the gears. In this instance, it's not the machine I'm critical of - it's the masses of deplorables that want to see it wrecked at all costs that have me skeptical of the outcome.