She didn’t get a slap on the wrist. She got nothing because there is nothing. It’s a 4 year old accusation that hasn’t yielded anything.
If you think Bernie is on the “inside” with the Dems you’re badly mistaken. He’s an Independent running as a Dem because he has to. Democrats don’t like him. Dem-influenced media doesn’t cover him and when they do it’s “Bernie is another old white man” tripe.
I mean, you can invent all the alternative hypotheticals you want. If you’re asking my opinion; it was politically-motivated bull
and I would have thought the same thing if it was a Republican couple that also had an otherwise-clean record.