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Poll - Will Trump ever go to prison? (Original Post) USALiberal Aug 2022 OP
. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2022 #1
He'll die first Effete Snob Aug 2022 #2
My conspiracy head says he ends up on Ken Lay Island Bucky Aug 2022 #22
Can't they transplant his brain into JFK Jr.'s body, though? Effete Snob Aug 2022 #27
Define "prison" Silent3 Aug 2022 #3
I never thought of house arrest. Nt USALiberal Aug 2022 #4
Or any visitors moonscape Aug 2022 #8
Not even conjugal visits from Ivanka n/t Silent3 Aug 2022 #21
Eww. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #34
I agree -- we are never going to see a former President behind bars Lettuce Be Aug 2022 #23
At least if Trump is confined to his residence... Silent3 Aug 2022 #26
He would run off to Farmer-Rick Aug 2022 #5
Good point! USALiberal Aug 2022 #6
+1, uponit7771 Aug 2022 #9
He'll have to swim there. n/t LuckyCharms Aug 2022 #11
Doubt Putin has any use for him so I'm going with Saudi Arabia Lettuce Be Aug 2022 #24
Not without his passports! EarthFirst Aug 2022 #25
You do not need a passport to enter a country which wants you there Effete Snob Aug 2022 #28
I think he'll be indicted and convicted but never serve prison time. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2022 #7
No we have to heel/heal our country RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2022 #10
+1000 USALiberal Aug 2022 #31
He will be chained to the ground by Angelic hooks GreenWave Aug 2022 #12
He's like that cockroach that you don't quite catch the first time ColinC Aug 2022 #13
Looks like that's where he is headed. Emile Aug 2022 #14
Would be doubtful Pelosi Pepperment Aug 2022 #16
Prison guards can early replace Secret Service! Emile Aug 2022 #17
Easy Polybius Aug 2022 #37
I hope! USALiberal Aug 2022 #18
Garland will be arresting Trump soon! He said Emile Aug 2022 #19
Thanks!! USALiberal Aug 2022 #29
do birds fly...? myohmy2 Aug 2022 #15
* Donkees Aug 2022 #20
Ultra max security if he does. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #30
Leaning towards no, but damn it, I WANT HIM TO ROT IN JAIL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. a kennedy Aug 2022 #32
I am right there with you!!! Nt USALiberal Aug 2022 #33
medical facility Lucinda Aug 2022 #35
His ego would never allow prison JuJuChen Aug 2022 #36
House arrest, a gag order and probation for five years? pwb Aug 2022 #38
I would like that! USALiberal Aug 2022 #39
Still USALiberal Aug 2022 #40
 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
2. He'll die first
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 04:49 PM
Aug 2022

A criminal trial with complete motion practice and appeals on every freaking ruling (regardless of whether they are appealable)... getting all the way to a verdict in a couple of years... I doubt he makes it.

Texas AG's Ken Paxton's federal indictment celebrated its seventh birthday recently. If his indictment was a child, it is already in school and probably able to read.

We may be able to get some of his merry band of fuckups behind bars, though.

With his age and lifestyle, it's a mystery what keeps him alive.

Bucky

(54,035 posts)
22. My conspiracy head says he ends up on Ken Lay Island
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:45 PM
Aug 2022

Instead of being cremated, his "remains" get "buried" next to his beloved first wife by the 19th hole. Then it's nothing but mai thais and blood transfusions from missing orphans for his remaining 55 years

Silent3

(15,240 posts)
3. Define "prison"
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 04:51 PM
Aug 2022

Trump might (although I wish I was more certain this would be true) be sentenced to a prison term.

He won't ever see the inside of a regular prison, however, probably not even a "Club Feb" type of place. This is a matter of security and accommodating his Secret Service protection.

The worst I can see him having to endure is house arrest. I sure hope that if he gets house arrest, he isn't allowed luxurious conditions.

Lettuce Be

(2,336 posts)
23. I agree -- we are never going to see a former President behind bars
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:47 PM
Aug 2022

I know, I should not say never but can't see that happening. I can see him being confined to his residence though. Time will tell. Frankly, I'm happy if he simply cannot hold office again -- I'd really prefer to see him gone but can't do much about that.

All the lawsuits will keep him busy and drain his non-existent bank account, and that also makes me happy because he deserves it.

Silent3

(15,240 posts)
26. At least if Trump is confined to his residence...
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:52 PM
Aug 2022

...his communications will probably be limited. I don't think, if technically serving prison time, he'll be allowed to use his time stoking up the base and living large as a media personality.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
28. You do not need a passport to enter a country which wants you there
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 07:44 PM
Aug 2022

It's weird how people think a little cardboard book has magical powers.

If Putin would welcome you to Russia, you do not need a passport to go there.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,493 posts)
7. I think he'll be indicted and convicted but never serve prison time.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 04:58 PM
Aug 2022

Even if he did, he’d be at some country club federal facility with golfing and massages.

ColinC

(8,303 posts)
13. He's like that cockroach that you don't quite catch the first time
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 05:39 PM
Aug 2022

But after the fifth or sixth time, you finally get em.

 
16. Would be doubtful
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 05:50 PM
Aug 2022

I read that (because a f-ing criminal isn’t supposed to be in the white house ) there aren’t provisions for this - he would still be entitled to secret service protection in jail.
How would that work. I think congress would have to change some of the provisions to get that taken away.

myohmy2

(3,164 posts)
15. do birds fly...?
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 05:49 PM
Aug 2022

...do fish swim...?

...do bears shit in the woods...?

...will trump go to prison...?

...no

...

Donkees

(31,431 posts)
20. *
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:16 PM
Aug 2022



Jesse Duquette
@JRDuquette
Ten stolen classified documents says Public Access Caligula sees no jail time while preteens are forced to deliver their rapist’s babies.

lpbk2713

(42,762 posts)
30. Ultra max security if he does.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 08:11 PM
Aug 2022


He knows too many state secrets. In fact I'm surprised he's not on closely
monitored isolation right now. Presumption of guilt or innocence shouldn't
matter with all the sensitive information he has seen.

pwb

(11,280 posts)
38. House arrest, a gag order and probation for five years?
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 09:37 PM
Aug 2022

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