Generation Of Swine:...Trump Pigging Out...No Jail, Not Yet...

 

By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas | So, okay legal eagles, what if Donald J. Trump gets the Republican Party's nomination and wins the 2024 national election? Can he pardon himself? Can he beat the 91 charges against him, both federal and state charges and, effectively, stay out of prison? Maybe.

Good chance on one, yes.

Not so much on the other.

Lawyers and those in the know will tell you Trump would be able to rid himself of the federal (Department of Justice) charges, but not the State of Georgia ones, not as easily anyway. 

This about that from politico.com: [ Though the Fulton County, Georgia case against Trump may be "pardon-proof," the Supreme Court could potentially intervene if he wins the 2024 presidential election.

Trump would not be able to issue pardons because it is a state matter and Georgia's constitution prevents the state's governor from issuing pardons in the case. Only a state pardon board can issue pardons, and requests can only be made five years after a sentence is served.

But while the case is pardon-proof, the Supreme Court "may well hold a sitting president is immune from trial" or a conviction if he wins the election, New York University Law Prof. Ryan Goodman wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The result would be "18 co-defendants left holding the bag" while Trump would be immune for four years if he is elected, he wrote.

"Another reason for co-defendants to flip," Goodman added. ]

Wild, eh? But that's our legal system, always the mangrove swamp and nothing ever as clear-cut as it seems. Donald J. Trump has played the offensive and defensive legal games for decades, for most of his adult years. He is now 77 years old. His track record with courts is something to behold - always about stiffing vendors (a piano vendor who delivered a load of pianos to his casino in Atlantic City, for one, never paid) and, when sued himself, delaying, delaying, delaying the court resolution. He's mastered being a court's annoying, deep-pockets defendant.

But the law has allowed it.

So, he now has those 90-some charges related to the 2020 election he tried to overturn and that one case of business fraud in New York. What of it? Is he any closer to jail, which is what a good chunk of America wants?

No, not really.

It could be years before the cases he faces wind their way through the courts (he loves to appeal).

Best would be if he lost the 2024 election, at which point, we say, his entire MAGA cult would fold and drop him, leaving the faithful to scramble for another racist/bigot ahead of the next election.

User and abuser, that's what Trump is and has been...all his life...

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