Trump Is Terrified About Going To Prison After Losing the election, as he should be.
The president is said to be not only worried about existing investigations but new federal probes into matters we dont even know about yet.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/donald-trump-post-white-house-prosecutions
In September 2019, Donald Trumps lawyers debuted a bold new legal argument. Attempting to quash a subpoena from the Manhattan District Attorneys office, which had requested eight years of tax returns to determine if the Trump Organization has falsified business records relating to payouts made to a porn star and a Playboy model, the presidents attorneys insisted that such a request was unconstitutional because the founding fathers believed sitting presidents should not be subject to the criminal process, which would distract the president from his duties. Pressed by a judge on this argument, and the hypothetical Trump busted out during the 2016 electionthat he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and not lose any votersattorney William Consovoy insisted that yes, that kind of thing would fall under this concept of presidential immunity, i.e. Trump could put a bullet in a random pedestrian and avoid prosecution until moving out of the White House.
Unsurprisingly, actual legal experts werent convinced of this argument and neither was the Supreme Court, which ruled last July, in the words of Reuters, that there are limits to the powers of the presidency and stoutly reaffirmed the principle that not even the president is above the law. Still, Trumps lackeys, which include the Attorney General of the United States, have done their part to shield him from situations wherein he could be convicted of a variety of crimes, getting him through almost an entire term without an embarrassing situation wherein a sitting president is, say, found guilty of falsifying business records regarding a hush money payment he made to an adult-film star.
Unfortunately for Trump, if he loses the 2020 election, hell no longer be able to use the staff of the Justice Department as his personal lawyers. Thats a worrisome thing for a guy whos potentially committed numerous crimes, and we know this because Trump is reportedly soiling himself in fear over what he might be prosecuted for, and maybe go to jail over, after he leaves office. Per the New York Times:
As The New Yorkers Jane Mayer wrote in an article published over the weekend, the world awaiting Trump when and if he loses the election is a dark one, and not just because hell no longer have a taxpayer-funded staff at his disposal to lie for him:
Blue Owl
(50,525 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(5,173 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,388 posts)If Biden wins, there's not much Barr can do to help Trump.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,388 posts)He could cause some real harm, too. Hopefully, he's not long for this world.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,173 posts)Joe needs to have an 'executive order' ready at midnight on the 20th that seizes every single passport from that cabal of criminals. Make them flee illegally and then they are fugatives. They can try to hide, but you know damn well they won't be able to keep away. Their ego will be the final nail in that legal coffin.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)They're gonna have to send the Antonov to haul Trump's huge ass.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,173 posts)Aristus
(66,474 posts)Is there an Atlas rocket we can use instead?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Oh, wait, I see where you're going with that...
Aristus
(66,474 posts)Just strap him to the outer shell...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Aristus
(66,474 posts)Only up, not down.
No one should have to clean up Trump-splatter...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)raccoon
(31,127 posts)I wish she would flee, do some shit hole country they will take him.
I just want to get rid of his ass. And his sleazy family too.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)There need to be consequences to breaking the law. Even for ex presidents. I think part of how we got here was the decision not to go after the Bush administration members who broke the law. We will be here again if theres no price to pay for completely flouting the constitution and rule of law.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)No one will ever say Trump was a smart President. Or a good one.
Harker
(14,049 posts)and his unctuous spawn.
And millions of adoring morans.
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Harker
(14,049 posts)Ah... the gift that keeps on giving!
onecaliberal
(32,916 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)He will be a dangerous demagogue otherwise.
volstork
(5,403 posts)I thought it was all "fake news!"
James48
(4,443 posts)Amd have the bonesaw Prince put him up in one of his places.
They are on such good terms, you know🪓
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,600 posts)Goodbye combover!