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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. I don't think Trump will spend a minute in prison.

Reply to Vidal (Original post)

Sat May 25, 2019, 10:18 PM

May 2019

Even assuming he's voted out of office and indictable, and would not be pardoned by a Dem president (at least I hope not!), it will be decided somehow that it would be "too divisive" to send a former president to the pokey. I could imagine some kind of plea deal involving asset forfeiture but I just don't see him going to prison, although I'd love to see it happen.

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How Trump Ends Up in Jail [View all] Vidal May 2019 OP

Well, if the elections are the true strategy,...and the only one,,... Chin music May 2019 #1

The election is hugely important, however, given putin especially, not the only option . . . empedocles May 2019 #4

I like the word "prison" better. ginnyinWI May 2019 #2

Right elleng May 2019 #7

I don't think Trump will spend a minute in prison. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #3

I like the idea of exile. Chin music May 2019 #5

I think he'll just slide into dementia and be taken off the world stage. ginnyinWI May 2019 #8

I'd be OK with that. At least he'd be out of the way. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #10

That was the Watergate experience and Nixon did no prison time, of course. Given that historical empedocles May 2019 #9

The feds and the doj might not want the controversy of indicting him, Volaris May 2019 #13

I really want to see him spend time six feet under. smirkymonkey May 2019 #6

Better men than he, and more beloved, suffered much worse fates, for far less. Chin music May 2019 #11

Nothing you can do folks. Although the second amendment people, maybe there is ProudLib72 May 2019 #14

There is no place in this country where a jury will convict trump. There will always be one Hoyt May 2019 #12