iambiguous wrote:Another take on it from NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/93704452 ... egal-perilFor four years, Trump has benefited from the de facto immunity from prosecution that all presidents enjoy while in office. But that cloak will pass to Joe Biden when he's sworn in on Jan. 20, leaving Trump out in the legal cold.
"Clearly, the president enjoyed immunity when he was in office," said Danya Perry, a former state and federal prosecutor in New York. "And it's possible, as a matter of law, that he could be indicted on Jan. 21."
There's no indication that an indictment is imminent, and it's possible that Trump could emerge entirely unscathed. But there's also no doubt that once he's out of office, he'll be facing a higher level of legal jeopardy than he has in years.Still, my cynical gut tells me that the crony capitalist Biden and the crony capitalist Democratic Party leadership in Congress and the crony capitalist MSM will play the "let's heal the nation" card instead.
As for the legal guys, I'm no less cynical about them either. There's what is reported and there's what unfolds behind the curtain.
Depending of course on just how quietly Trump does bow out.
K: that there is a visceral belief in liberals about healing is true...
but there is also a tremendous amount of anger on the left about the village idiot...
it is quite evident on the comment page of every liberal website in America...
but once again, the question comes down to pardons and that NY actions
cannot be pardoned...federal crimes can be pardoned federally...
but there is no pardon for state crimes or even city crimes...
most of the NY state stuff is civil, not criminal which means most likely
he will get hefty fines but the NY city stuff is criminal and that will be his problem....
so just how good is his lawyers? after watching his lawyers get whacked time
after time after time in local courts, state courts, appellate courts
and finally the U.S Supreme court...if I were IQ45, I would be afraid, very,
very afraid.....
Kropotkin
PK IS EVIL.....