The day is never complete on this board without 8t

The day is never complete on this board without 8th's labored attempts at humor or without one of his frequent flights of fancy.

The only flights he ever books.

Easy predictions:

Trump will be charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy against he U.S. There's your Russian collusion charge wrapped up in the conspiracy charge.

And the short lived Trump Admin will finish no worse than 3rd on the list of ignominy below. I further predict that there's a real good chance of a 2nd place finish.

And lastly, every day swatting down right conspiracy theories and free range righty numbskullery is a small part of a good day.

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Comparing presidential administrations by arrests and convictions: A warning for Trump appointees

The chart below only includes people who served in the administration, and excludes others (like members of Congress and private individuals) who may have also been swept up and indicted for the same scandal.

The “Convictions” list includes both those who went to trial and were found guilty as well as those who plea bargained and pleaded guilty. The “Prison Sentences” should be considered a minimum figure, as Wikipedia's list wasn’t always clear on penalties and I wasn’t able to look all of the unclear ones up.


Executive Branch Criminal Activities by Presidential Administration

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/11/16...Appointees

Administration Party Years in Office Criminal Indictments
Criminal Convictions Prison Sentences


Barack Obama
Democratic 8 0 0 0

George W. Bush
Republican 8 16 16 9

Bill Clinton
Democratic 8 2 1 1

George H. W. Bush
Republican 4 1 1 1

Ronald Reagan
Republican 8 26 16 8

Jimmy Carter
Democratic 4 1 0 0

Gerald Ford
Republican 2.4 1 1 1

Richard Nixon
Republican 5.6 76 55 15

Overall, Richard Nixon’s administration had the most criminal indictments and convictions. Wikipedia’s list enumerates 13 specific individuals who were convicted and imprisoned over Watergate alone, but notes that a total of 69 officials were indicted for the scandal and 48 were either convicted or pleaded guilty.

(Nixon himself is not included; after his resignation, President Gerald Ford gave him a blanket pardon, sparing him from any potential indictments. However, his first vice president, Spiro Agnew, is included for indictments unrelated to Watergate.)

The Reagan Administration is next with 26 indictments and 16 convictions (including guilty pleas), followed by the George W. Bush Administration with 16 indictments, all ending in convictions or guilty pleas. The Nixon Administration had at least 15 people serve at least some time in prison for their crimes, while Bush 43’s administration had at least 9 and the Reagan Administration had at least 8.

(Scooter Libby’s sentence is included here even though Bush pardoned him in 2007 before he was sent to jail, since the pardon did not expunge the crime and the pardon itself is a political act, not a judicial determination.

But others whose convictions were later overturned—like Oliver North’s and John Poindexter’s—are included under indictments but not convictions since it wouldn’t be appropriate for us to second-guess the courts’ reasoning for overturning those convictions.)

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