
Why banning Trump from public office could tempt DOJ on a no-jail plea deal
The Rachel Maddow Show
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The Justice Department's Approach to Trump's Plea Deal
The idea that Trump might plead is generally being dismissed out of hand right now when perhaps it shouldn't be. The question of whether or not Trump's future eligibility for public office might be part of any such plea is something that everybody's afraid to touch with a 10-foot poll I know but we really have only ever done this once before as a country and that's how we did it the last time. We should not look that gift horse in the mouth I think history is here to help Deja news airs on CNN at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 11 p.M. E.T. A new podcast just dropped its first episode today called Deja news
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