"If the government can prove this aspect of the case, it will be exceptionally difficult for the former president to mount a defense," Paul Collins said.
My fear is that it’s one of those situations where the system won’t want to admit that it’s so weak and flawed that it almost let a racist cretin overthrow our government.
Unfortunately that’s the more likely outcome here. No sitting or former president has ever done time. Grant being the exception for speeding in a wagon, and even that is doubtable and doesn’t have much to back it up as factual.
My fear is that it’s one of those situations where the system won’t want to admit that it’s so weak and flawed that it almost let a racist cretin overthrow our government.
Unfortunately that’s the more likely outcome here. No sitting or former president has ever done time. Grant being the exception for speeding in a wagon, and even that is doubtable and doesn’t have much to back it up as factual.