True or False: The prosecution of Donald Trump would unite Republicans in the next election?

[The Magistrate]

13. A Sound Point, Sir

Things like this cut both ways. Certainly prosecution of Trump would greatly energize our turn-out, and failure to do so will depress same. I expect it would put some cracks in the Republican bloc. It would offer an off-ramp (as the current cliche runs) for Republicans who really don't like the man. A portion of even those of authoritarian style might find themselves succumbing to the calculation they apply to most criminal matters, that indictment indicates guilt, and would not be brought otherwise. Nobody looks too tough in a perp walk, and I doubt the man could maintain composure in the face of arrest and impending trial.