Why Trump will probably never be convicted of anything.

[Mike 03]

7. I don't think #2 would ever work.

Trump has done too many things that demonstrate he is aware he is breaking the law and attempting to conceal that fact; therefore, there is ample evidence of consciousness of guilt. Look at all the effort he's gone to to lowball real estate values for tax purposes, and then to exaggerate them to obtain loans, and then to keep those false values straight. The Mueller Report is filled with facts tending to point to his awareness of his own wrongdoing. He also has a pattern of delegating wrongdoing to others, to avoid implicating himself. Hiding, obstructing, blocking people from testifying to his wrongdoing, etc...

It's actually pretty hard nowadays to get a "diminished capacity" defense.

My heart isn't set on Trump going to prison, but I think there's a good chance some of these people will:

Dejoy
Kushner
William Barr
Maybe Eric Trump