Okay bear with me, but I had a horrible thought. It would be a great story (collusion, election year and Supreme Court).
A very powerful group of men hate the current conservative candidate. So they assure that he is prosecuted (doesn’t matter what). They then assure that his VP is someone who is malleable but is willing to work with them.
What happens next is important:
1. SCOTUS hears a case whether a President can be held responsible for what he has done in office. They say nope.
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