Also people on the right that aren't part of 45s cult of personality.
You see, it's not that he spoke, it's what he did that violated laws that he's getting in trouble for.
Sure, some of that was just words, and free speech has never allowed people to get away with certain things, like whipping up a mob, or talking that mob into an insurrection.
"Who shall rid me of this meddlesome priest", when outside of a play or other literature, that get's someone to try and actually kill somebody, is considered ordering telling them to kill the "priest". You know mobsters like to talk indirectly like that to try and avoid getting arrested, and yet they still get arrested and successfully prosecuted for it.
Of course, our justice system has lots of problems, and money can give a lot of leverage to change the odds. We'll see what happens with this, but trump is and has been a criminal for many decades, he's just not a convicted one.
If you don't believe me, check the legal records in NY State on him and his companies. He's been able to protect himself with arbitration, influence, money, and hiding behind corporate laws so fines are paid instead of the one responsible (aka trump in these cases) going to jail.
Remember, someone who commits a crime, is still a criminal, even if they haven't been convicted.