I have nothing but contempt for John Bolton because he had the chance to go in front of a national audience and say under oath that the President is dangerous and out of control.
But the other people--what could they have achieved by making a fuss on their way out? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It would have been the news story of an hour, and then we'd be on to the next tweet. That's the way every scandal has been--every damn day--for three and a half years.
I don't like most of them and most of them I actively dislike. But if they were the only adults in the room, I can see why they felt they had a responsibility to stay as long as possible to keep the genuine lunatics away from the president's ear. And after they left, if they were inclined to speak out, they may have realized that keeping their powder dry for the months leading up to the election would have been the way to at least ensure he won't get a second term. I really don't think that anybody could have shifted public opinion before now by speaking up.
I'm willing to consider the likelihood that I'm wrong 
but I don't think there was anything that could have been achieved by their speaking up before now, now that he's in a long-overdue death spiral. It would have been nice and we'd have loved it, but nothing would have actually changed.
But absolutely--Lock him up! I finally have hopes that we'll actually see that happen someday.
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