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And -- as I elaborate in a forthcoming article -- if he has committed any crimes, he will have to plea bargain while he is still president: his resignation in exchange for total leniency. If he stays until the end, he loses that great bargaining chip.
One of the many things I'll never understand in the US justice system: The practice of letting criminals off the hook in exchange for them resigning elected office. It just encourages corrupt behavior in those officials if they can use their resignation as get-out-of-jail card.
Amen. They should go to jail for DECADES!! After all, the average taxpayer would.
Otherwise, you have a fight on your hands with a corrupt politician still in office doing corrupt things. Do you think Trump will just leave quietly unless he is given a deal? (Agree, though, that he belongs in prison.)
That's what impeachment is for. Also: In some cases you see corrupt officials clinging to their position because they don't want to loose that bargaining chip. So they stay in office despite public pressure to resign, hoping they are offered leniency for their resignation.
I agree. They need to be charged as well as resign from office.
Right. And then they just reappear years later and everyone’s forgotten that they are criminals. It has GOT to stop!
Usually the plea agreement in those cases will state that they are barred from ever running for office again. See for example paragraph 4 in Robert Bentley’s plea agreement from last year: http://www.alreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/3zkltrdb50abayhvbtw4bclp_e46217de-f5c5-47f5-ae42-b01456deaa47-1.pdf …. (But of course usually ≠ always.)
In Agnews case it was done to prevent a criminal taking the highest office.
It also appears to be the underlying principle of the whole of Wall St - except rather than resign they just pay a very small fine with their victims' money.
Yup, I keep asking the question. Why are there 2 sets of law? One for the wealthy and one for regular folk.
Yeah, he’s as bad as it gets.
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