Another excellent piece making trenchant and insightful points. I will only add that when his 1st criminal trial starts that it's urgent that his passport is taken. Because when he sees the trial is going against him, he's a flight risk. If he sees the writing on the wall, because I believe it's going to be abundantly clear he's heading towards conviction on which ever trial starts 1st, he'll hop on his jet and will flee to Russia or the Soviet Union or something. I just don't believe that if he can flee that he'll voluntarily surrender to authorities when convicted.
Yep, it would be essentially prison. And if he did flee it would be almost as good as prison for insuring that he loses the election, because significant amounts of his supporters wouldn't vote for him in exile.
Another excellent piece making trenchant and insightful points. I will only add that when his 1st criminal trial starts that it's urgent that his passport is taken. Because when he sees the trial is going against him, he's a flight risk. If he sees the writing on the wall, because I believe it's going to be abundantly clear he's heading towards conviction on which ever trial starts 1st, he'll hop on his jet and will flee to Russia or the Soviet Union or something. I just don't believe that if he can flee that he'll voluntarily surrender to authorities when convicted.
Agreed. I think you make a good point, though living out one's days in today's Russia might be something close to prison, anyway.
Yep, it would be essentially prison. And if he did flee it would be almost as good as prison for insuring that he loses the election, because significant amounts of his supporters wouldn't vote for him in exile.