Just so you don't have to read through the article to find out which law he broke this time: he used the presidential seal while he spoke at a private, for-profit event.
Something similar happened with NHL player Jaromir Jagr. An 18 year old woman threatened to publish photos of herself in bed with him if he didn't pay. His response was that he doesn't care.
A friend of mine once downloaded something malicious to his Linux machine and wasn't worried about it. Then some time later, while browsing his files from a Windows machine, saw it and was like, "hey, what's this?" Oops.
He's a tech savvy guy, so I'm guessing the fact he had downloaded it himself really let his guard down.
Americans in general aren't following along on their own
This was also shown on election day when people googled "did Joe Biden drop out". Many voters had no idea Kamala Harris was even running for president.
I believe reporters could get sued if they state that someone committed a crime before they are found guilty, even when it's very clear they did it.