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Cyrano

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Tue Feb 18, 2020, 02:39 PM Feb 2020

Will Trump be the first ex-president to go to prison? [View all]

There are many ongoing investigations of him by the Southern District of New York, and by New York State too, among others. We're talking about investigations of things like money-laundering, state and federal tax evasion, bank fraud, conspiring with a foreign government to help him become president, and so many other crimes that appeared in the Mueller report (which concluded that a sitting president could not be indicted for his crimes).

So once he's dragged kicking and screaming from the White House, and charges are pursued against him and he's found guilty, will he go to jail? (He can't be pardoned if found guilty of state crimes.)

Democrats fear that setting the precedent of jailing an ex-prez will jeopardize every Democratic president whenever Republicans regain control of the senate and house. Why worry? This is something the Republicans will do regardless of precedents. They don't play nice, never have, and never will. They have tried to destroy every Democratic president since FDR. Look at Clinton. They tried to nail him over a BJ. The Republican wet dream was to jail Obama for the crime of being black.

Nonetheless, if our next president is a Democrat, the party will have nothing to say about it. This is a judicial matter and once a stable justice system is restored, it will be up to the courts as to what happens to him.

I'm sure that most of us would like to see him in a dungeon for life with (pick his cellmate).

But first things first. He must, MUST, be defeated and stopped from stealing the election (again). More easily said than done. While Dems are fighting among themselves, who knows what behind the scenes crap he's pulling to rig the November election? And given the help of the criminal Republican Party and Russia, among others, we must have the most massive Democratic turnout in history. Then, and only then, he can be dragged kicking and screaming from the White House. The alternative is too horrible to think about.

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I hope so . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #1
In my dreams, but no, they will preserve the office by letting him off. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #2
No Kablooie Feb 2020 #3
Well he's the first one to be impeached in his first term malaise Feb 2020 #4
Andrew Johnson was impeached in his first term onenote Feb 2020 #8
No!!!! nt USALiberal Feb 2020 #5
He deserves to be. Could he still be indicted on Mueller charges? Boulevardier Feb 2020 #6
I don't see why not. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #19
No. onenote Feb 2020 #7
Sadly, I doubt that he'll ever face downtime for his guilty actions towards defrauding others... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #9
If found guilty of state crime(s) after leaving office, Cyrano Feb 2020 #12
I hope so. He does deserves to be punished for his clearly illegal actions otherwise who ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #14
Yes please! Faux pas Feb 2020 #10
Yes! duforsure Feb 2020 #11
Seems that death by Big Mac would be justice. Cyrano Feb 2020 #13
Painful too. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #21
first, we must ensure he becomes an "ex-president" 0rganism Feb 2020 #15
If he does, I hope it will be for state crimes. tinrobot Feb 2020 #16
He'll be ruled not guilty due to mental incompetence. Zolorp Feb 2020 #17
No I don't think NYS would let him off for MI FakeNoose Feb 2020 #18
He's so far gone now there is no way he'll be able to stand trial Zolorp Feb 2020 #20
Tell him it's a slum that Fred used to own. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #22
He'll flee the country if it starts to get close muriel_volestrangler Feb 2020 #23
Once he's out of power, the Russian and Saudis have no use for him Cyrano Feb 2020 #24
Nope customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #25
He should be, but he won't. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #26
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #27
He is clearly the most criminal of our time! BlueJac Feb 2020 #28
I would like to Heart this post, but I'll just Rec it instead. nt Ilsa Feb 2020 #29
100% EmeraldCoaster Feb 2020 #30
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