What happens if Trump gets charged criminally for the insurrection

[DSandra]

And then Trump pulls out a pardon to himself that he had kept from the public, and the Supreme Court upholds it? He would essentially get away scot free, despite Mitch’s claim that the criminal courts can handle Trump. I certainly hope that is not the case, but I do fear it.

[rampartc]

1. what if he claims that his acquittal in the impeachment attaches jeopardy?

his supreme court will certainly uphold that, won't they?

[Grown2Hate]

2. I would actually assume no out of hand since

Impeachment is not a criminal trial but a political one.

[Captain Zero]

3. They will say it's all political. Unfair. Leave the man alone.

watch.

[Manfred Arcane]

4. No, criminal law cant' deal...

with some of this. Is failure to uphold the presidential oath of office a criminal offense? I doubt it. Not all impeachable offenses are criminal offenses. I thought McConnell even said that though he felt Trump was morally and practically responsible for the Jan. 6th insurrection, that what he did/said probably would not qualify in criminal law as incitement. Unfortunately, I think he is probably correct on this point (unless an investigation digs up more info.) The impeachment trial is not a criminal trial and the standard of proof is different. That said, there's gotta be some stuff that is going to stick on Trump in a criminal trial, but probably not incitement of the insurrection.

[DSandra]

5. It's pretty clear that Trump knows how to skate around the law

No thanks to training from Roy Cohn.

[GOPistheEnemy]

6. Republicans have been literally getting away with murder

for over 40 years and they continue to get elected.

Fact is over 70 million voters in America are down with fascism and racism, over 20% of the population, to put it in perspective, only 6% of the German Population were members of the Nazi Party.