If Trump is the Republican nominee, would it still be possible to prosecute him? [View all]

[kentuck]

It would be extremely difficult to prosecute anybody that is considered the leader of one of the two major political Parties in this country. The idea of "justice" would have little to do with it. The Justice Department could not simply overlook the political reality that almost half of the country supports a person charged with serious criminal offenses. The political reality would overwhelm any criminal offenses.

It would be naive to think that "political realities" would make no difference to the Justice Department, on whether or not to charge the leader of the other Party with criminal indictments. Contrary to popular belief, justice is not blind.

In my opinion, the only people that can hold Trump accountable are the voters of this country, most specifically, the Republican voters of this country.

If he is rejected in the primaries or defeated in the general election, then the voters have spoken. The Justice Dept would then have license to prosecute. He would then have been defeated for a second time and would hold no special privileges in the minds of the voters, as he would if he were the leader of their Party.

Local and state prosecutions would have much more merit with a criminal such as Donald Trump. That is why the Georgia indictments are so important, in my opinion.