“Lock her up,” “Lock Her Up,” is often heard at Donald Trump
rallies, along with pro-NAZI, KKK and anti-Jewish shouts.
There is a precedent for such action after a presidential
election. And it even occurred more than four years after the election.
The president and vice president generally have immunity for
acts committed while in office.
But it was a Republican – then Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew.
Elected as Richard Nixon’s vice president in 1968, he got in
trouble in his second term.
“In 1973, Agnew was investigated by the United States
Attorney for the District of Maryland on charges of extortion,
tax fraud, bribery,
and conspiracy. He was charged with having accepted
bribes totaling more than $100,000 while holding office as Baltimore County
Executive, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President. On October 10 that same
year, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest to
a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in
1967, with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President,”
Wikipedia reports.
“Nearly ten years after leaving office, Agnew paid the state
of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the
bribery allegations.”
Although Trump has been able to escape jail with settlements
of numerous fraud cases his luck may be running out.
The first of at least one trial for fraud at his “Trump University”
he faces trial for allegedly raping a teen. That case is set for December.
In some cases these trials have been repeatedly delayed.
“A jury trial will begin on
November 28 in California federal court for one of the three
pending class-action lawsuits against him over Trump University.The civil fraud
case going to trial alleges the university violated false advertising laws with
its programs in Florida, New York, and California for claiming that Trump would
handpick instructors and that they would have extensive real estate experience.
Students also say they were
deceived into maxing out their credit cards to pay for Trump
University fees without getting any practical advice in return.
“Another case is also pending in California federal court on
behalf of all Trump University participants.
“The third is in New York state court following a lawsuit
filed by New York’s attorney general accusing Trump University
of fraud for “repeatedly deceived students into thinking that they were
attending a legally chartered ‘university.’” That lawsuit also claims students
were misled about the instructors. The university was not in fact accredited,
nor was Trump involved in selecting instructors. They instead were given
scripts that told them to pretend they had met Trump.”
These are civil cases.
He could go to jail on rape charges if convicted.
“Trump’s lawyers will appear in
New York district court on December 16 for a lawsuit claiming that he raped a
child, referred to only as “Jane Doe,” when she was 13 in 1994.
Doe’s complaint alleges
that Trump and Jeffrey Epstein (the latter a former banker and a sex offender)
subjected her to “acts of rape, sexual misconduct, criminal sexual acts, sexual
abuse, forcible touching, assault, battery,” and other forms of emotional and
physical duress. “The instances, it says, took place at a series of parties at
Epstein’s residence in New York City. Doe says that during their last alleged
encounter, Trump tied her to a bed and then violently raped her in a “savage
sexual attack” while she pleaded with him to stop. She says that he told her if
she ever spoke publicly about what happened, he would hurt her and her family,
Think Progress also reported.
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