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Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 08:52 PM Aug 2021

Will Trump ever spend some time in the future in a penitentiary or any type of "jail"?.. Discuss:

...My opinion...(yes this is speculation) is that Trump will spend a little time in some type of prison...He will get
arrested, than bailed out rather quickly...What will he get arrested for? Don't know...but there is a whole lot
that he could be arrested for. Somewhere, sometime, in the not too distant future, it will happen maybe a day,
or a few hours...but ...I do think that Trump is so sure that he "get away with everything"...that at some
level he will miss one, and NOT get away with it... Not long, but a few hours and then released on bond..

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PortTack

(32,716 posts)
1. I really hope he does. Just like the insurrectionists he needs to be shown he can't get away with
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 08:58 PM
Aug 2021

Murder and mayhem

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
2. You got it...Trump thinks he can get "away with it"..That is the reason Donald Trump should not get
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 09:02 PM
Aug 2021

get away with ..."anything"....Thank You for your comment...right on

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
3. If Someone Gave Me 10-1 Odds If I Bet That He Would
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 09:12 PM
Aug 2021

I probably still would pass.

Well, perhaps I'd put in a buck or two, just for fun, but no way would I bet any significant amount on that happening.

SmartJellyfish

(63 posts)
4. Financial crimes
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 09:13 PM
Aug 2021

Will bring him to justice. The political crimes are hard to prosecute and may be sabotaged by a jury of his "peers ", but no one cheats the IRS on a grand scale and walks free. Just ask Al Capone .

napi21

(45,806 posts)
5. As much as I wish he would, I doubt he will...even 1 hour. He is a former President of the United
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 09:17 PM
Aug 2021

States. I just can't see anyone with the authority to arrest him would do so JUST BECAUSE he's a former POTUS. I still can't believe people elected that POS.

RKP5637

(67,089 posts)
9. Yeah, sadly in the US that's quite true. One can buy their way out of almost
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 10:06 PM
Aug 2021

anything with enough money and the right resources. Trump should do time and/or be so heavily penalized he's fucked for life. I do have to wonder how much will actually happen. If this ass gets away scot-free, it sets a horrific example for the future of the US IMO.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,488 posts)
7. Absolutely not.
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 09:28 PM
Aug 2021

Not only will he never spend a minute behind bars, he’s going to walk away Scott free from all of this.

William Seger

(10,775 posts)
13. Not entirely free, I suspect
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 11:11 AM
Sep 2021

He'll spend the rest of his life in a Narcissistic rage, knowing that history will write him up as a loser. It's that knowledge that has driven him completely insane; his irrational statements and actions and delusions are a futile attempt to avoid that inevitable fate. But somewhere in what's left of his mind, his delusions know what they're running from.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
8. At best he will get fined some large amount...never see a day in jail/prison.
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 09:38 PM
Aug 2021

He is powerful old, white man who is former President. No priors. No way in hell the establishment is going start the precedent of convicting a former President. Just like impeachment has turned into a political tactic, charging Presidents will too.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
11. Deuxcents..I believe exactly the same thing. Only time will tell
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 10:46 PM
Aug 2021

...Anything can happen, and often does. For a very long time, I honestly believed that no Afro-American could ever
be elected President of the United States. Well, I was totally wrong. I never thought Trump could be elected, ...
..........wrong again..!!...Wait are we out of Afghanistan?...Yes we are...It happened today

.....Well there is one thing I will never be wrong about.....Trump will not shut up till he dies....Is that correct?..

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