Bill O'Reilly and Victor Davis Hanson are both making some version of this point...that the problem is collateral damage to and guilt by association for those who did nothing wrong but whose names may innocently pop up in the "files."
I get that, but the problem is that people like Kash Patel and Dan Bongino...and yes, Trump himself...made a lot of promises and lurid accusations when they were not in charge. And now that they are in charge, it's suddenly: nothing to see here...move along.
People don't like to have their intelligence insulted...and honestly, that's what this sudden reversal from Trump and his subordinates is doing...