Can Chump avoid prosecution by resigning?

[MoonRiver]

Wondering if Mueller will present the evidence to the orange menace, and cut a deal. I think Mueller is above that, but who really knows.

[Gabi Hayes]

1. Au contraire

It'll hasten the process

[MoonRiver]

2. So, it will be impeachment or the turd stays in office?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Nope.

The reason Nixon wasn't prosecuted was that Ford pardoned him. A pardon from Pence would be his way to avoid prosecution, and that could happen. But if Mueller uncovers serious crimes that would be provable in court and he's not pardoned, there's no way he wouldn't be prosecuted.

[MoonRiver]

5. Thanks

[maveric]

4. Nixon did.

[Lochloosa]

15. He was pardoned

[Girard442]

6. It's the dilemma that comes up when trying to get any destructive dictator to leave office.

See that justice is served or seize the opportunity to get him out of there before he does more damage?

Ford's pardon of Nixon was likely a condition of his resignation. People are still divided as to whether that was the right thing to do.

[Gabi Hayes]

8. First, Trump pardons Pence, then resigns

President Pence pardons Trump

Is impeached in 2019 by Dems, who control the house

President Pelosi

A man can dream

[MoonRiver]

9. And next, Dems overwhelmingly take back all branches of government!

Works for me!

[Girard442]

10. Mother of all long shots.

Still, if the alt-right R's refuse to raise the debt ceiling and the remaining R's are driven into the arms of the D's to stave off worldwide economic collapse, the resulting coalition might go on to do other things. A kid can dream.

[MichMary]

16. Except that

"President" Pence will be able to appoint his own VP, and it won't be Pelosi. Or any other Dem, or any R who is complicit in anything impeachable.

The Rs control the WH until (at least) Jan. 21 2021.

[Gabi Hayes]

17. Would not pass the senate

Dems do some procedural stall/filibuster (I know.....)

Still pipedreaming

[MichMary]

18. They wouldn't do that

They couldn't do something that blatantly political. Like the EC or not, the Rs won under the rules that exist now. To hold up the appointment of a VP in hopes of regaining the House and Senate in the next election would appear to be attempting to overturn the results of a legitimate election. A coup, so to speak.

[Gabi Hayes]

19. You mean like holding up a SCOTUS slot

Until after the election?

Got it

[MichMary]

20. One of nine justices

is far, far different from POTUS.

[Gabi Hayes]

22. Were you alive in dec, 2000?

One justice....

[still_one]

7. no. However, he could be pardoned by whichever VP came next in line

[dembotoz]

11. and who the hell will prosecute him....sessions????? the keebler elf????? lol

[Johonny]

12. Most likely he could

Out of power, he'd likely get a pardon to save the country from the national embarrassment.

[Not Ruth]

13. Prosecution for what?

Money laundering, no

Espionage, yes

[lindysalsagal]

14. Completely up to congress. If he goes down, many in GOP leadership go down, too.

So they'll pardon his ass and let him keep draining the russian oligarchs until they take him out.

[NurseJackie]

21. President Pence will pardon him.

[Gabi Hayes]

23. See post 8

[NurseJackie]

24. I like the way you think! (And now I've got that song in my head!)

As earworms go... it's not so bad, I guess. There are worse ones.

[Gabi Hayes]

25. Good earworm:

[DefenseLawyer]

26. Snowden has a spare room. n/t

[unblock]

27. I think the ny attorney general will go after him regardless