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RiverStone

(7,228 posts)
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 08:07 PM Sep 2017

What would be "restitution" (to Americans) if the tRump regime is convicted of collusion?

As the multi-faceted investigation by Robert Mueller plows onward, let's say eventually (like many expect) the smoking guns reveal many crimes.

Putting aside tRump attempting to pardon everyone he knows, what would be the restitution for said crimes paid back to the American People? That is, would there be any such thing?

Seeing tRump's obstruction etc. landing him impeached or resigned would be satisfying, but then what? Would Neil Gorsuch step down and hand over his SCOTUS robes to Merrick Garland? Would every Executive Order from President Obama that tRump nixed be reinstated? A do-over election? Yea right (sarcasm)!

If tRump and his minions won the election illegally and by cheating, what do we get (other than not having to hear his daily bullshit and lies)?

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What would be "restitution" (to Americans) if the tRump regime is convicted of collusion? (Original Post) RiverStone Sep 2017 OP
Everyone needs to serve prison time ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #1
Great suggestions! RiverStone Sep 2017 #2
All of the above plus nullifying and voiding the election from the fake BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #4
I like your solution, it is perfect. katmondoo Sep 2017 #3
I've seriously laid awake a night thinking about this ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #6
I Can Go Along with That Leith Sep 2017 #9
Excellent suggestions! Please let it happen... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #10
You got it madokie Sep 2017 #13
According to Fox News there is no law against collusion nt doc03 Sep 2017 #5
But . . . peggysue2 Sep 2017 #7
I would like to see that too nt doc03 Sep 2017 #8
It would be complex situation jambo101 Sep 2017 #11
This should be fun! jmowreader Sep 2017 #12
Prision portrait...orange in orange! RiverStone Sep 2017 #14
What would we do with Barron then? jmowreader Sep 2017 #15
Public execution of all involved. NCDem777 Sep 2017 #16
Everything he did stays, unless later repealed Lee-Lee Sep 2017 #17

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. Everyone needs to serve prison time
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 08:16 PM
Sep 2017

Prison is a given. Then all tRump assets should be seized and auctioned off. His presidency should be deemed illegitimate, and he should never appear in a list of US presidents (whoever is next should be 45). All congress people who aided and abetted him should be forced to resign and never be allowed to hold any kind of political office ever again. The republican party should be treated as a terrorist organization and be officially banned.

And the other things you mentioned...

RiverStone

(7,228 posts)
2. Great suggestions!
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 08:20 PM
Sep 2017

Thanks ProundLib72

All this talk of nailing these traitors, but it does not end with their removal. We The People should have a long laundry list of paybacks. Sadly, some of the damage will be permanent.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
4. All of the above plus nullifying and voiding the election from the fake
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 08:51 PM
Sep 2017

prez down to the local dog catcher (since people voted down ballot). Let Obama "fill in" while the Dems get their rightful White House and Congress back. Also re-do the tainted Gorsuch seat.

And to deter all future GOP criminals ( the criminal GOP is a more accurate term) from even thinking of doing anything similar I would like to have the guy from Pulp Fiction "get some of the homes and go medieval" on all their asses. Also, sell tickets and market it so we could all watch...the cash alone from ticket sales for the event would erase our national debt.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. I've seriously laid awake a night thinking about this
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 09:59 PM
Sep 2017

I guess all those sleepless hours have finally come to some good.

Leith

(7,802 posts)
9. I Can Go Along with That
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 12:15 AM
Sep 2017

rethugs have been like that since before FDR. It's way past time for them to straighten up.

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
7. But . . .
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 10:10 PM
Sep 2017

there is a law against obstruction of justice as there are laws against money-laundering and participation in espionage.

What would I like to see personally? I want these suckers frog-marched in orange jumpsuits. I want the Republicans forever shamed for what they participated in: selling their souls and the integrity of the Nation to line their own filthy pockets.

That's what I want and even that's not enough.

jambo101

(797 posts)
11. It would be complex situation
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 04:20 AM
Sep 2017

A good start would be to cuff this impostor take him away and lock him up.invalidate his presidency and confiscate his money,send his hooker back to Russia.
Install an interim government while the whole election is redone.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
12. This should be fun!
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 06:10 AM
Sep 2017

Throw the entire Trump administration in prison for life without parole. Expel all Russian diplomats and deport Melania Trump. Put his son Barron up for adoption.

Repeal all Trump's legislation and annul all his executive orders. Wipe his presidency from the history books.

Paint an official portrait of Trump. He will be dressed in a prison work uniform holding the license plate he just made. He will not be wearing Cheeto dust.

Erect a Trump Presidential Library. It will be in the visitor center of the federal prison he's in. The only things that'll be in it are Robert Mueller's findings and Trump's sentencing hearing on a continuous loop.

Install Hillary Clinton as president until 2020.

Name Stephen Reinhardt as Supreme Court Justice until he passes away, and then give the seat to Merrick Garland.

Decree the ballot of every person who voted for Trump to be invalid in its entirety.

RiverStone

(7,228 posts)
14. Prision portrait...orange in orange!
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 12:37 PM
Sep 2017

Other than Barron not having to suffer the sins of his father, all else looks right on.

In reality, and if there is any justice in the universe - truth will be stranger than fiction and his entire regime will go down in shame and with humilation of epic proportions!

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
15. What would we do with Barron then?
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 01:25 PM
Sep 2017

If we deport his mom, lock up the rest of his family and sell his home, the only two choices we have are:

Choice 1: Throw his 11-year-old ass in the streets and force him to fend for himself
Choice 2: Find a nice young couple with many years experience in raising at-risk children, and bring him into their family.

Choice 1 is no choice at all. It'll lead directly to a life of crime, and we can only hope he'll get into relatively minor crimes like armed robbery and auto theft instead of the crimes his dad commits.

Choice 2 is much better.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
17. Everything he did stays, unless later repealed
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 02:01 PM
Sep 2017

Order of succession applies just as it would if people left office for any other reasons.

There is no legal or Constitutional provision for any way to undo anything done by an administration retroactively, so whatever he has done is like what any other President has done and has to be undone by a later administration.

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