Will trump ask for a plea deal

[Beachnutt]

guilty plea in exchange for no jail time ?

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I doubt it. He seems to truly believe he can't be guilty. Plea...

deals are for guilty losers.

[Beachnutt]

3. So was pleading the 5th...

He talks a big game but when his ass is in the sling he folds.

[Meadowoak]

2. Nope, Trump will never admit he's guilty of anything.

[Silent Type]

4. Not unless he really feels he faces conviction and incarceration for NY's charges.

Unless the indictment has some real surprises, don’t see that happening.

Now, it might be different for DOJ January 6th or Georgia charges.

[Ocelot II]

5. Maybe an Alford plea, where the defendant maintains his innocence

but acknowledges that there is enough evidence for a jury to convict him. But I doubt he’d even go for that.

[Irish_Dem]

6. It's 50/50 at this point. Trump is said to be all over the map right now.

Scared, angry, defiant with shifting mood from hour to hour.

He may feel invincible and believe he can bribe or bully the jury, judge and prosecutor.
Or he can make people fight in the streets and create chaos. So he may gamble with a trial.
He also knows he can get votes and raise money with this legal proceeding.

On the other hand he is a coward, and may just cop a plea and pay a fine.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

7. No chance.

[Wounded Bear]

8. He said he wouldn't, but he does lie a lot...

[Scrivener7]

9. If he said he wouldn't, that means he will!

[sprinkleeninow]

17. ...

[BlueKota]

11. It's a contagious disease

passed from one Republican to another in a never ending cycle.

[usonian]

10. Per history, he will try to settle out of court, without admitting guilt

in exchange for certain documents or blackmail that Bill Barr dug up.

Just speculating.

[Ocelot II]

14. Doesn't work that way in a criminal case.

In order to settle you have to plead guilty (and an Alford plea is considered a guilty plea). The “settlement” is simply what penalty the prosecution will agree to in exchange for your guilty plea.

[usonian]

15. Thanks, I kind of suspected that.

[RockRaven]

12. I think there are too many stakeholders related to criminal business practices for a plea to be

coordinate-able. He's not going to pleas guilty to charges from the DA if that guilty plea requires him to attest to behavior which is federally criminal, or messes up his deals with banks or business partners, or enables further action from the Attorney General. Not without some security that there won't be further consequences outside of the deal. He's paranoid as fuck (and deservedly so -- in so far as he deserves what he is worried about).

So in order to get him to plead guilty to charges from the DA, you'd have to coordinate agreements with all the other stakeholders who have any interest in that behavior and the knowledge of its existence. Seems very unlikely.

[Walleye]

13. Just remembering Spiro Agnew who pleaded nolo contendere

Republicans are weasels

[Ocelot II]

16. A nolo plea is effectively a guilty plea,

which Agnew agreed to enter in exchange for his resignation and no jail time. I don’t think TFG would agree to anything that would be an admission of guilt or fault.

[Wounded Bear]

20. Nolo Contendere basically translates to "no contest" in English...

essentially means not contesting the charges.

[live love laugh]

18. Hell no.

[MichMan]

19. Would Bragg offer one?

[tinrobot]

21. He's definitely considering a plea, but I suspect jail time will be the sticking point

He's scared to death of jail.