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BlueWavePsych

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Mon Sep 14, 2020, 04:32 PM Sep 2020

Drumpf to Rikers Island jail in 2023?

Trump could end up at Rikers Island jail by the end of 2023 if he loses re-election: Legal experts

If President Donald Trump loses re-election, he could find himself the first ex-president to be charged with a crime.

“You might think, given all the crimes Trump has bragged about committing during his time in office, that the primary path to prosecuting him would involve the U.S. Justice Department,” Wise wrote. “If Joe Biden is sworn in as president in January, his attorney general will inherit a mountain of criminal evidence against Trump accumulated by Robert Mueller and a host of inspectors general and congressional oversight committees. After the DOJ’s incoming leadership is briefed on any sensitive matters contained in the evidence, federal prosecutors will move forward with their investigations of Trump.”

Trump could try to pardon himself on his way out of the White House, which would certainly complicate matters, but Wise believes that Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. would likely charge the president with falsifying business records and tax fraud.
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“To build a fraud case against Trump, Vance subpoenaed his financial records,” Wise wrote. “But those records alone won’t be enough: To secure a conviction, Vance will need to convince a jury not only that Trump cheated on his taxes but that he intended to do so.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-could-end-up-at-rikers-island-by-the-end-of-2023-if-he-loses-re-election-legal-experts/

Can't they make it sooner, like 2021?
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Drumpf to Rikers Island jail in 2023? (Original Post) BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 OP
Will likely take longer than that, imo. elleng Sep 2020 #1
Should be so lucky Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 #2
Tax fraud is how they got Capone... fingers crossed! Talitha Sep 2020 #3
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