Comparing Presidential Administrations by Arrests and Convictions

[ZiprHead]

The winner and still champion: Republicans

 

[whichphilosophy]

The winner and still champion: Republicans

If the Democrats used this in the election it could possibly have boosted its votes a little. Or am I mistaken. Nixon holds the record of course

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The winner and still champion: Republicans

If the Democrats used this in the election it could possibly have boosted its votes a little. Or am I mistaken. Nixon holds the record of course

No. Observe:

The George H. W. Bush Administration only had a single criminal indictment, but it’s notable for two reasons. It was the only time that a U.S. Treasurer has ever gone to prison. But Catalina Vasquez Villalpando’s conviction and sentence is probably less notable than who didn’t go to jail: President Bush 41 himself escaped potentially ruinous scandal by granting clemency to six people indicted in the Reagan Administration’s Iran-Contra scandal, thereby avoiding trials that could have exposed Bush 41’s involvement.

Trump will just make such problems go away.