Related digression: I really don't understand why so many people here and on hexbear have this idea that it's impossible for him to go to prison, when no it's impossible for him to face consequences for doing things presidents are supposed to do like imperialism, it's very possible for them to destroy him and ruin his life to permanently remove him from the picture because he's an annoyance to the deep institutions of state and imperial power.

They simply pretend the issue is he acted in some way differently than other presidents, pearl-clutch about institutions and rules of how you're supposed to do corruption with all your I's dotted and T's crossed. It doesn't matter if Biden and his son are corrupt as fuck, it doesn't matter if the next person is as well. Consistency has never been a necessity so long as they can pretend there is some difference. And at the end of the day as much as reactionaries will hoot and holler, all the actually violent fascist militias are on a short FBI leash and none of them are going to do any meaningful violence against institutional liberals or the state in response if he's sent up the river for the rest of his natural life.

It'll just become another gripe, another issue in their culture war ranting and it'll become a plank of the party and candidates to try and secure his release. Fact is Democrats are competent administrators of empire and I think honestly there's a decent chance CIA, the deep parts of the state and intelligence apparatus have decided to go with them for a while and make an example out of Trump for trying to do petty gangsterism with their sophisticated empire and generally making them look as bad as they are with silly things like saluting generals in the DPRK which really rubs these kind of institutional American greatness mytho weirdos the wrong way. It'll in a way get the reactionaries plenty worked up and perfect for unleashing on the growing left as a result of the Palestinian genocide and other situations unfold. They'll be let to vent their anger beating up and killing anti-genocide protestors, antifa, communist meetings, and anyone left of the State Dept on China.

I don't think Trump is smart enough to have some reasonable memory of classified secrets or some way to leak them to punish the US state and threaten it if it tries to send him to prison.

Best case he gets out after spending a little time in prison, wins the election and begins brutal recriminations against the Democratic party and Biden's administration. Real let them fight hours. Worst case he goes to prison, stays there, rots there, liberals clink their champagne glasses, declare the institutions have won, America is back, brunch is on and continue with the whole charade of calling all dissent against the DNC and US foreign policy "Russian propaganda". I just find smug liberals so annoying so naturally I want them to suffer and honestly the more they do the more the illusion crumbles I think.