To be fair many of those he surrounded with, including his second in command Dell'Utri, did end up in jail with extremely serious convictions like Mafia conspir

To be fair many of those he surrounded with, including his second in command Dell'Utri, did end up in jail with extremely serious convictions like Mafia conspiracy and corruption of Judges. But he personally managed to change enough laws, delay trials, and keep enough plausible deniability to avoid the charges to stick.