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And yet, none of that matters - it's tRump. He'll never do time or even be found unequivocally guilty. That's just how things are in America. If you're big, you're fine.
Well, if you're big, you'll certainly have a large defense litigation budget and access to some level of quality private defense attorneys. That alone puts you well ahead of most everyone else who gets charged with a crime.
There's a non-trivial likelihood that Trump might be convicted on these charges, if it goes to trial. They are well-supported in the indictment, and (again) he basically knee-capped his defense with the Baier interview. If the defense can win on the attorney/client crime-fraud exception matter, he might have a better shot, though.
If a non-Trump Republican is elected President, he'll certainly be pardoned - and if it's before the trial, that obviously precludes a finding of guilt. If Trump is re-elected President, he might be vain enough to face trial (he won't want to pardon himself, because only guilty people can be pardoned). But if convicted, he'd certainly try to pardon himself - and it would be a long fight before that got resolved.
Regardless, I don't think Trump gets sentenced to prison. I don't think the Bureau of Prisons is set up to handle an incarcerated former President, and there's no real need to do it. I think he would instead be sentenced to some form of house arrest, either in his own home or on a military or other secure installation where he can be confined to a specific area but still protected by Secret Service.
