# 7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020 "2021-01-08T10:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/43 "2021-01-08T17:09:33Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I can’t find the post ( I’ve written a lot in the last two months and it’s hard to find it ) but sometime either right before or right after the election I posted in one of the “Will Trump end up in jail?” threads. Maybe this one? Quite prescient. From your post: > [@](#): > > I think he’s going to cause some big-assed problems. > Maybe they can talk him into leaving early, which may be the best option for Republicans ( Frankly, the best option for Democrats is if babyTrump pees on the GA senate race by signaling his supporters not to show up, because Senate Republicans didn’t help him steal the election.) Maybe they’ll have to article 25 him. How long would it take the house majority and 67 senators to impeach him if they were all on board.? > [@What will happen in the next 10 weeks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-the-next-10-weeks/925002/35): > > I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he didn’t give himself a blanket pardon. But I disagree about the likelihood of him needing it. It’s going to be difficult to charge him with crimes over anything he did in office. The situation is unique, there’s no precedent. There might be some conspiracy charges, but we all know there’s a reason Trump has never been criminally prosecuted, and it’s not that he’s not a criminal. He’s good. He knows how to shield himself. And frankly, he’s not so much corrupt… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020)._