And in a crazy perfect world maybe even infrastructure for people walking, biking, and taking public transportation.

“But they said they’d help me out if I told my side of the story! They said they’d put in a good word with the DA for me!”

sigh

Exactly. This wouldn’t even be a blip in the news if he weren’t a former president. Judges lock people up for contempt all the time for way less than he’s already said.

Most sane people agree you can’t tamper with witnesses or threaten prosecutors (or anyone). He just has a loud cult of rabid defenders who would believe the sky was purple if he said it.

I feel like this would be highly dependent on your resume.

Might catch some looks if your work experience is mostly Dennys and Walmart and you’re trying to hide a six month gap behind an NDA.