re: #44 Dr Lizardo

So, some shower thoughts for August 20th 2019.

Let’s say Trump loses come next November (knock on wood!); would he resign and in return, Pence issues a blanket pardon for Trump and his family - and cronies - for any Federal crimes committed during Trump’s presidency as Pence steps in as a caretaker President until the new Democratic POTUS formally takes office in January 2021?

I was thinking in that scenario, Trump could well resign as early as a week or two after Election Day.

Now granted, there’s absolutely nothing Pence could do regarding pardoning state-level charges, so on that, Trump would be on his own. So in order to avoid any consequences for state-level crimes, Trump and company would have to flee the country to another nation that has no extradition treaty with the United States. Quite famously, Russia has no such treaty with the USA……and who knows? Maybe that’s what Trump and Putin talk about on the phone and in private - we have no way of really knowing, do we?

you are forgetting that presidents have secret service detachments for life, and those agents swear an oath to the constitution, not to trump. trump isn’t “fleeing the country” unless he goes out a window while pretending he’s in the shower.