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In reply to the discussion: The used car salesman strikes again [View all]The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)One of the reasons we have orderly transfers of power in this country, and have had for a long time, is that it is long established custom that to lose an election or an office is not a hanging matter, not a thing that will end in prison rather than the lecture circuit. Even if real crimes were committed, it would be an extremely dangerous and unsettling thing for an incoming administration to set about prosecuting its predecessors on felony charges, and particularly so if those charges were rooted in management of affairs of state, crimes which require holding office to commit. Sooner or later, someone would dig in and say "I'm not leaving the White House just to go to jail', and the matter would be settled not by tally of votes, but by a quick canvas of the loyalties of various generals and police chiefs.