Prison, for Trump, is out of the question.

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53. There's a difference political "crimes," or abuse of power while in office, and actual felonies.

Numerous presidents and other elected/appointed officials have engaged in abuses of power while in office, but have not been criminally prosecuted. We generally don't prosecute political acts, no matter how terrible. However, if an elected official breaks an actual criminal or civil law, either while in or out of office, they are routinely prosecuted.

VP Spiro Agnew was investigated for criminal conspiracy, bribery, extortion and tax fraud. He took kickbacks from contractors during his time as Baltimore County Executive and Governor of Maryland. Agnew worked out a deal to avoid a trial and pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion. He resigned from office in disgrace. Democrats at the time wanted him imprisoned.

Bill Clinton was found guilty of giving false testimony (perjury) and contempt after lying under oath about sex with Monica Lewinsky. After a plea deal to avoid further criminal prosecution after leaving office, Clinton was fined $90,000 and disbarred. Republicans at the time wanted him to go to jail.

In recent years a Governor went to jail for selling Obama's Senate seat, the Speaker of the House was imprisoned for covering up sexual abuse of boys, Nixon's Attorney General and numerous members of his administration went to prison following Watergate, Reagan's administration was full of convicted felons of all stripes, and the list goes on.

Trump has already been indicted for a crime in NY, and his attorney, acting as his bagman in the commission of that crime, is currently in jail. Several other Trump henchmen are either in jail or awaiting sentencing for crimes committed on his behalf. If after further investigation it can be determinec that Trump may be guilty of additional felonies - like money laundering, tax evasion and God only knows what else - he can and will be charged and prosecuted. Whether the scumbag goes to prison, or not, is another matter.

Personally, I'd like to see a plea deal worked out so Trump and his entire crime family are barred from ever speaking publicly in any way, using twitter or other social media, going on FOX News to spread their lies and BS, or ever participating in our political process again. Call it a sort of a Non Disclosure Agreement on his way out the door.