Yeah, It's hard to explain how Trump himself is shielded from legal recourse if his stooge is going to jail for what he was told to do.. However the DOJ appears to be of the current opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted. I keep seeing "Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator." So the hitch is they just aren't going after him while president. It probably will have to happen when he leaves office. Even if he does time it won't be in a PMITA prison. If anything, as it stands now, a deal will be made in exchange for his resignation. I hope I'm wrong.
I agree with people who are saying that prosecutors should indict Trump anyway and let the courts make that decision. After all the DOJ works for the president and frankly opinions like that are probably crafted with the president's best interests in mind. There is zero actual judicial precedent that states that the president can't be indicted.