so, did president grant pay his fine?

Good question.

Apparently, Grant did offer to pay the $5 fine.

https://dcist.com/story/12/10/04/dc-police-once-gave-the-president-a/

so, did president grant pay his fine?

Would you like to speculate on how the newly elected President Trump would be able to take office and run the federal government from federal prison? Or could he pardon himself once he was sworn in?

Oh, this one is easy. Since the GOP maintains fiercely that Trump et alia have done nothing wrong by having certificates of fake electors submitted to NARA while simultaneously attempting to stop Congress from performing its constitutional mandate via his own Vice President while also simultaneously personally phoning multiple representatives of states and aiding and abetting in attempts to have the will of the voters overturned, then they'll obviously have no problem when Vice President Harris actually brings that Trumpian plan to fruition. Biden will claim victory regardless the outcome of the Electoral College, and Harris will accept the certificates of fake electors from multiple states.

I mean, if the GOP insists none of that is illegal, I say TYA.

Yes... kidding. That's all kinds of ways illegal. If anyone doesn't believe me, ask the multiple Americans who have already entered guilty pleas and/or been convicted by multiple juries of their peers in trials for sedition -- seditious conspiracy, to be exact -- and/or obstructing the work of Congress. :)

Having a former president -- much less one who is running for nonsequential re-election -- criminally charged and tried in a court of law is a unique experience for America.

FUN FACT: In 1872, sitting President Grant was arrested at the corner of 13th and M streets in Washington, D.C. for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage (misdemeanor). The arresting officer took the POTUS to the police station where he paid a $20 bond. The next day he failed to appear at trial and forfeited his money.

Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. Be specially vigilant - or instruct those engaged in the prosecution of fraud to be - against all who insinuate that they have high influence to protect - or to protect them. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

~ Ulysses S. Grant

https://www.grantcottage.org/blog/2018/5/18/the-thin-blue-line

But even if being indicted does gin up his base the 81 million people that voted for Joe are guaranteed to return next year to vote against him.

The only thing which could derail the Trump campaign train is if he is actually convicted of crimes from the January 6th insurrection -- and then the 14th Amendment is utilized to bar him from running for any political office in America.

Now you've really gone and done it... totally underestimating death and taxes. :)

Will Donald Trump weasel his way out of conviction by an endless barrage of "Witch-hunt!" cries?

Did Trump Organization companies weasel their way out of conviction by an endless barrage of cries of "witch hunt" and "politically motivated" emanating from that same Orange Blowhole?

Nope! Guilty on all 17 counts of criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records.

Would you like to speculate on how the newly elected President Trump would be able to take office and run the federal government from federal prison? Or could he pardon himself once he was sworn in?

Or - wait for it - could departing President Biden direct the federal bureau of prisons not to allow the prisoner to leave the prison for inauguration, nor to allow visitors to meet the president-elect inside the prison visiting room for the purpose of swearing him in, on grounds of his being a danger to the Republic having already tried once to overthrow the government.

Without being sworn in, the president-elect could not change Biden's order; his newly elected vice-president would take office as acting president, and could then decide that he or she liked the job, and that the president-elect should continue serving his term.

That would kind of be poetic justice for January 6!