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I know we have talked about this in other threads, but I thought it was time for a focused re-visit given the overt signs emerging lately...
Some here are very dismissive of the chances that Trump would ever do such a thing as to refuse to leave office
HERE is a pretty good take IMO.
There's one paragraph in which McQuade explains that Trump loses all power to illegally remain in office from the moment his term ends:
If Trump were inclined to overstay his term, the levers of power work in favor of removal. Because the president immediately and automatically loses his constitutional authority upon expiration of his term or after removal through impeachment, he would lack the power to direct the U.S. Secret Service or other federal agents to protect him. He would likewise lose his power, as the commander in chief of the armed forces, to order a military response to defend him. In fact, the newly minted president would possess those presidential powers. If necessary, the successor could direct federal agents to forcibly remove Trump from the White House. Now a private citizen, Trump would no longer be immune from criminal prosecution, and could be arrested and charged with trespassing in the White House. While even former presidents enjoy Secret Service protection, agents presumably would not follow an illegal order to protect one from removal from office.
Basically, if Biden wins and Trump tries to keep his position with force, nobody is required to obey him. Biden can order the Secret Service to drag Cheetolini out in cuffs.
Nobody is required to obey him, but he and Barr have already assembled their very own Sturmabteilung gang of heavily armed, unmarked thugs that are roving the streets of the Nation's Capitol, terrorizing anyone showing opposition to Twitler's genocidal agenda. No allegiance to anything but The Trump Junta. I wonder how big they can grow their private army between now and November.
This is SO Nazi Germany all over again...