Note - I am not a lawyer. Someone who is needs to weigh in also...
The other night I posted a reply to someone about Trump's $200,000 bail he will have in the GA case. I couldn't understand why he would even need bail since he is surrounded by federal agents at all times - he ain't going anywhere. Then I heard about the terms of the bail... Number 4(e) specifically worries me.
(4) The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice. Id. This shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
a. The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any codefendant;
b. The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any witness including, but not limited to, the individuals designated in the Indictment as an unindicated co-conspirators Individual 1 through Individual 30;
c. The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any victim;
d. The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community;
e. **The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media; **
The terms are wide open with the "but is not limited to". I think they are going to either frame him with social media posts, or just wait for a "mean tweet" and put him in jail. Worse yet - his team is asking for a 2026 trial date. If the judge suddenly and magically agrees and the DA also magically agrees then they are planning to put him away through the election.
Someone on his team needs to know this.
Here are his actual bail terms: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23921620/23sc188947-consent-order.pdf
I'm not a lawyer or Constitutional expert, but if President Trump is re elected while serving a prison term, can he pardon himself?
I sincerely believe if an honest vote would take place, he would only pick up support from the public after this obvious stunt to block the will of the voters.
Tons of "constitutional experts" have weighed in on this over the past 8 years and all of them say a President can't pardon himself.
Truth is - nobody really knows until it is tried and SCOTUS weighs in. Comments above talk about it possibly setting a precedent and I agree - it should not be tried.
Personally I think all of his cases will be thrown out due to a mix of Presidential Immunity and the DS realizing what will happen when he introduces his evidence as part of his defense.
I also believe that if and when he is elected, regardless of whether he is in jail, he will serve like every other POTUS at the White House. Any case in progress at that point will have to pause as well.