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2023-05-28 21:05:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1165E2C5E9CFB5915A2155DD41C0F841022D15CE41E2E2CBBD329461D5892D3D
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False. "The Trial of the Century" would have occured if a lame duck prez didn't intervene In the north, there was appetite. He was jailed for 2 yrs, bailed out 2x for $100k, one of the highest bails of the time. C.J. Chase only delayed due to a possible presidential run https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/02/jefferson-davis-trial-impeachment/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trial-century-jefferson-davis-treason-180962776/ https://www.nps.gov/rich/learn/historyculture/the-trial-of-jefferson-davis-cancelled-february-15-1869.htm
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