will become public. the further away you get from a sitting president and the president himself and his inner circle, the weaker the claim becomes. is there a chance this would go to trial? sure. the last person to be cited for contempt of congress was rita lavelle during the reagan administration over the epa superfund thing. she was tried. she was acquitted. that trial would be in the district of columbia? yes. federal court here. a jury trial? yes, most likely. one would assume this thing isn t going to go to trial. if he is charged, he has a pretty serious choice then to plead guilty. this takes up time. how much time are we talking here? is this months? for sure. months at least. that makes by the way, it occurred to me, suppose he is charged with contempt of congress and he pleads guilty or found guilty,