Any bets that nobody in Trump's orbit will be a witness for the prosecution? A crime doesn't have to be successful for there to be criminal charges. Trump's defense is in part that he really thinks that he won the last election. A sincerely held but stupid belief is not a stay out of jail card.
I have a feeling that Trump will be indicted but his legal mouthpieces will stall, delay and appeal long enough that Trump dies of natural causes before he might be convicted.
1. Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, makes it a criminal offense for two or more persons to conspire to defraud the United States, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. The conspiracy attempted to defraud the United States by interfering with the functioning of the United States Congress to certify the results of a presidential election and permit the transfer of presidential power, as set forth in the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Electoral Count Act.
2. Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(c)(2) makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct, influence or impede an official proceeding or attempt to do so, an offense that is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. This theory has been used already to charge scores of defendants for their conduct in the Jan. 6 attack. Here, the evidence shows that by pressuring Pence to abuse his authority as vice president, Trump and his co-conspirators wrongfully attempted to obstruct the certification of the states’ votes and the transfer of presidential power.
