# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2576
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2576 "2021-08-19T17:08:51Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > With these guys, I betcha there’s more than one crime they can find to prosecute them on!   No doubt, if the prosecutors really want to get serious about this. These crooks are full-time professionals at what they do. Here’s a post I wrote last May discussing the double-jeopardy rules in a little more detail (as best I thought I understood it), back when it was a little fresher in my mind: > [@Minnesota trial of Derek Chauvin (killer of George Floyd) reactions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-trial-of-derek-chauvin-killer-of-george-floyd-reactions/939024/860): > > I think we’ve discussed, and settled, questions about double jeopardy like this in other threads already – in particular, questions about whether someone pardoned by the president can then be prosecuted for the same crime at the state level. Here is a summary as I understood it all, some points of which are relevant here: Some conclusions were: Double jeopardy only applies if, in the first place, you are tried for a crime and acquitted. If you are tried and convicted in one jurisdiction, y… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537)._