icowden
Squire
I may be wrong but I think if they had done that he could have used his powers to dismiss the court case. The only option they had for him to be "marked" was to convict him as a felon but have no punishment.I can understand a punishment or decision being postponed until after his term
Plus, he is aiming to become supreme dictator so there may not be an "after Trump" unless you count the second American Civil War and rise of new Gilead.