he’ll appeal the fuck out of it until January then make up some bullshit about being able to parson himself from state crimes…
I remember reading many, many years ago (Long before Trump was a thing, and I acknowledge I could be totally wrong here), but I remember reading an article that discussed this possibility (A president being incarcerated for state crimes), and the general belief at the time was that state incarcerations would be trumped (no pun intended) by the needs of the President to execute his duties unencumbered, and courts would likely rule that incarceration would be put on hold until after the President’s term is over.
Again, I don’t know if that’s true or not. I could be talking out of my ass. But I could easily see that being a thing in this case – even if Trump were convicted of state crimes, he’d be able to avoid punishment for 4 years if he’s re-elected, which gives him plenty of time to somehow make the whole thing go away entirely.
That’s the game…it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. He’ll claim it is, and by the time (or if even) the courts figure it out, the media will have forgot all about it and he’ll get away with it. It’s been a systemic dismantling of democracy that Biden didn’t do anything to fix. We’re fucked…royally fucked.
I remember reading many, many years ago (Long before Trump was a thing, and I acknowledge I could be totally wrong here), but I remember reading an article that discussed this possibility (A president being incarcerated for state crimes), and the general belief at the time was that state incarcerations would be trumped (no pun intended) by the needs of the President to execute his duties unencumbered, and courts would likely rule that incarceration would be put on hold until after the President’s term is over.
Again, I don’t know if that’s true or not. I could be talking out of my ass. But I could easily see that being a thing in this case – even if Trump were convicted of state crimes, he’d be able to avoid punishment for 4 years if he’s re-elected, which gives him plenty of time to somehow make the whole thing go away entirely.
That’s the game…it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. He’ll claim it is, and by the time (or if even) the courts figure it out, the media will have forgot all about it and he’ll get away with it. It’s been a systemic dismantling of democracy that Biden didn’t do anything to fix. We’re fucked…royally fucked.