# When will the first criminal indictments for Trump happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 13, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205 "2022-10-13T19:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/41 "2022-10-16T13:55:36Z")
My guess is that once the 11th Circuit grants DOJ’s appeal to void Judge Loose Cannon’s meddling in the Mar–A-Lago affair, indictments will coming quickly after (two weeks!). I think it will be longer for any charges to come out of the Jan 6 investigation. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/42 "2022-10-16T16:06:18Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > …once the 11th Circuit grants DOJ’s appeal to void Judge Loose Cannon’s meddling in the Mar–A-Lago affair… Is there any time frame on this? > [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > euthanisums Darned spell-check (dys)function for “euphemism”, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/43 "2022-10-16T16:14:06Z")
Trump will never be convicted in a criminal trial. ☹ And you may quote me on that. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/44 "2022-10-16T18:21:23Z")
I have 100% faith in the voir dire process. 7 trillion quatloos say that no juror will try to pull a 180 by suddenly showing their Trumpist colours when it comes time for a verdict in a criminal trial for Don. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/45 "2022-10-16T18:28:04Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I have 100% faith in the voir dire process. Put me down for 80% faith ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/46 "2022-10-16T18:33:47Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Put me down for 80% faith - This sounds about right to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/47 "2022-10-16T22:56:02Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > No need to use euthanisums, you mean until they fucken die. > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Darned spell-check (dys)function for “euphemism”, eh? I think @Si_Amigo should take credit for inventing a new and much-needed word (especially these days). Definition: _when you don’t actually want to come out and say you wish someone would die._ Very useful. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/48 "2022-10-16T23:29:35Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > if you owe the bank a hundred million dollars and can’t pay, _the bank_ has a big problem. > > Only if you make up the bulk of their loans. If you owe a bank a hundred million dollars, but that bank is worth 50 billion, then it doesn’t have a problem at all. $100 million probably isn’t a big deal to the bank CEO. But it is very big deal to whomever there is responsible for the Trump Organization’s business. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/49 "2022-10-16T23:43:27Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > The case against Trump is so ironclad that even most Trumpers would probably convict. You don’t know too many Trumpers, I’m guessing. Today, I once again mailed in a straight Democratic ballot, and yet I’m quite open to the idea that Trump will be overcharged. But since I’m convinced Trump is a crook, someone like me is unlikely to get on the jury. Instead, someone just asking questions will get on. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/50 "2022-10-17T00:02:41Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > and yet I’m quite open to the idea that Trump will be overcharged. Almost every criminal defendant is overcharged. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/51 "2023-04-08T03:39:29Z")
Bumping this thread to absorb the poll results. Over a third of us said never. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205/52 "2023-04-08T13:45:40Z")
I was wrong because I voted before the end of 2022. I was off by a few months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-first-criminal-indictments-for-trump-happen/973205.md?page=2)