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Work release urged if Trump jailed
Jerry Elsea
Jun. 20, 2024 10:32 am
"I'm OK with" jail time or house arrest, said former President Donald Trump following his 34-count conviction in the so-called "hush money trial."
He spoke as private citizen Trump seeking election to a second term. As President Trump he shouldn't stand for just that. As I said in my June 3, 2021, Gazette guest column, "Planning for felon as president," a reelected but convicted Trump should get work release. A wholly confined Trump would be hard pressed to serve as protector of the Constitution, commander in chief of the armed services and leader of the free world.
Jerry Elsea
Cedar Rapids
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