That is sadly also true in my country as well.

What is now the democratic party in Italy was born from a fusion of the old Communist and Democratic Christian parties.

Both corrupt as fuck, they financed themselves illegally via funds from the US (DC) or USSR (PCI) and then set up the leader of the Socialist Party Bettino Craxi (Socialist in name only, leader took it over from the inside and changed everything) to be removed from power and imprisoned for corruption for having accepted funds from Italian business owners.

Was it technically Illegal? Yes, because at the time parties could only self fund through publishing and selling newspapers or receiving state funds.

Was it actually dangerous for our nation? No. Everyone else was doing stuff way worse than he did. Both parties were just upset at not being in power and wanted revenge on the PSI and Craxi, and had the support of a sizable part of the judiciary.

Craxi ran to Morocco and was accepted as refugee there as victim of political persecution.

Dems in America have not shied from attempting similar moves in the past, I just hope that those moves will backfire.