"If the government can prove this aspect of the case, it will be exceptionally difficult for the former president to mount a defense," Paul Collins said.
Best example of that would be Hitler, actually. After inciting a coup attempt in 1923, although he should have been sentenced to death for that, he only got the minimum possible sentence of five years, with the possibility of an early release. Which he got so he was only incarcerated for nine months, living pretty much in luxury in his own seperate tract of the prison. He used the time to write “Mein Kampf” and prepare his rise to political power.
Best example of that would be Hitler, actually. After inciting a coup attempt in 1923, although he should have been sentenced to death for that, he only got the minimum possible sentence of five years, with the possibility of an early release. Which he got so he was only incarcerated for nine months, living pretty much in luxury in his own seperate tract of the prison. He used the time to write “Mein Kampf” and prepare his rise to political power.