Trump indictment, even conviction, won’t bar him from Presidency

I hate to rain on the parade, but Trump’s indictment — even
felony conviction — will not bar Trump from holding office. While
I’ve reported on Trump as a one-man crime wave, the cold truth
is, if convicted, it will be his first offense for low-level
felony — so forget jail time.


Other problems with New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg's
case...


The prosecutor has to prove that Trump INTENDED to hush up his
affair to save his election — as opposed to saving him from the
Wrath of Melania.


This is nearly identical to the case of ex-Sen. John Edwards
[D-NC] who paid off the girlfriend he got pregnant during his run
for President and for Vice-President (as John Kerry’s running
mate). The jury didn’t buy the line that hush money was a hidden
campaign contribution. The case was then dropped.


And let’s not sugar-coat the problems for prosecutors in
Manhattan. Their two key witnesses are creeps: Michael Cohen, a
convicted felon knuckle-breaker for Trump, and Stormy Daniels, a
woman who blackmailed Trump into paying hush money. (On the other
hand, Cohen and Daniels come off as sincere and contrite about
their affairs with The Donald.)


A similar problem arises with the case in Georgia, which will
soon go to a new grand jury. Fulton County District Attorney Fani
Willis will have to PROVE that Trump KNEW he’d lost the election
and KNEW that he was committing a crime by promoting a bogus
slate of Electors to the Electoral College.


When Trump said to the Sec. of State of Georgia, "find 11,780
votes," it was preceded by Trump’s crazy-town claims about
illegal voters. Trump’s lawyers will argue, in the UNLIKELY case
he’s indicted, that Agent Orange was relying on a legal memo by
professor of law John Eastman. They’ll also claim that Trump
truly believed the goofy BS about stuffed ballot boxes and
illegal voters from grifter groups like True the Vote.


Sorry to give you the bad news about the prosecutions. But that’s
why they call it LAW school and not JUSTICE school.