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https://crooksandliars.com/2022/08/ex-trump-attorney-if-trump-indicted-he-canEx-Trump Attorney: Trump Will Be Indicted, But He Can Run For Office From Prison
This is a weird flex.
By Conover Kennard August 18, 2022
This seems to be a weird flex, but former Donald Trump campaign attorney Joe diGenova assured us on Newsmax that the ex-president can run for office from prison. Greg Kelley and diGenova were talking about Rudy Giuliani's Georgia court appearance, which the former Trump attorney labeled as a "continuation of the show trials being conducted by the Democrats in Congress" even though there are two Republicans on the Jan. 6th committee. And the Georgia investigation is not from the J6 panel, although I'm sure they will be watching how it unfolds. It really is difficult trying to keep up with all of their crimes.
Kelly suggested that the prosecutors at the Justice Department are "corrupt" for doing their jobs after Trump withheld sensitive documents.
Of course, diGenova claimed that the legal search warrant executed on Trump's Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, was politically motivated and will "live in infamy."
The subject of a possible indictment came up.
"This is one of the most abusive attorney generals in history," he continued. "This process is arrogant, abusive, an affront to the Constitution. They are going to indict Donald Trump. Merrick Garland has lost his senses."
"But I think you pointed out last week if they do indict him, crazily enough, I mean, if they're crazy enough to do it, that doesn't render him ineligible to run or even be president," Kelly said.
Oddly, diGenova noted that Eugene Debs ran for President from prison in 1920, so no worries because Trump can, too.
"But if he's indicted, he will run for president," he added.
"Wow," said Greg Kelly.
Wow, indeed. I assumed that Trump wants to run for office to avoid going to prison, so this is a different take.
Jersey Devil
(9,883 posts)It's "us against the world" for Trumpers.
Irish_Dem
(49,539 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,570 posts)But he has a $$$warchest to run ads after ads after ads.
Poor Me.
Hunter Biden
Crooked Hillary
Finish the wall
Democrats sold us down the drain
--- add your own.
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,517 posts)dwayneb
(774 posts)His hard core cult would worship him forever if he goes to jail.
Ilsa
(61,727 posts)conferences. And the guy carrying "the football" can sneak in Diet Cokes.
kentuck
(111,130 posts)Donald "The Big Boss" Trump?
doc03
(35,543 posts)tanyev
(42,818 posts)DemocraticPatriot
(4,590 posts)lol
YoshidaYui
(41,890 posts)N/t
brooklynite
(95,390 posts)see: Eugene Debs
CaptainTruth
(6,649 posts)...would be enforced. That would only apply if he were convicted in relation to the Jan 6 insurrection, of course.
That wasn't a factor in Debs case.
Katinfl
(170 posts)As bad as the 87,000 IRS agents that are going to come knocking on your door armed with AR-15s. No words for this shit.
COL Mustard
(6,081 posts)I want them to be armed with AR-150s! Ten times as powerful, ten times as intimidating. Now if I can just get this damn design sold, I'll be rich...rich, I tell ya!!!!
moondust
(20,060 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,649 posts)Folks seem to forget that anyone who fills out the form & pays the fee can run for POTUS. Last I checked more than 2,000 people usually do. High school kids run as a joke, even though they wouldn't meet the constitutional age requirement for holding the office.
So, running is one thing, meeting the constitutional requirements to hold the office is a separate matter.
Blasphemer
(3,261 posts)There are only three:
1)Natural Born Citizen
2)Age 35
3)U.S. Resident for 14 years
Nothing says that residency cannot include time in prison.
AggressiveCanary
(53 posts)The 14th Amendment may prevent him from holding office.
reACTIONary
(5,815 posts)... pardon himself.
COL Mustard
(6,081 posts)Is right there, next to the self-declassification wand he used on all those documents.
reACTIONary
(5,815 posts)DemocraticPatriot
(4,590 posts)Hekate
(91,397 posts)Just curious.
COL Mustard
(6,081 posts)The Italian Job. Mr. Bridger ran the whole enterprise.
elleng
(131,823 posts)contact Victoria Ann Toensing too!!!
flying_wahini
(6,803 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,921 posts)Even if he won he would still have serve his term. He can't pardon himself.
Crowman2009
(2,529 posts)Eugene V Debs was in prison for the cause of peace and workers rights. The Orange bastard will be in prison because he's a corrupt treasonous son of a bitch.
Mr.Bill
(24,438 posts)So, he's in jail, wins the election, resigns, then the VP who is now President pardons him, then appoints Trump VP, then resigns. This could be done in a matter of hours.
Of course there needs to be a few things in place, such as a Senate that would allow Trump's appointment as VP.
COL Mustard
(6,081 posts)POTUS has a lot of power, but can't pardon for State-level crimes. Federal only.
Mr.Bill
(24,438 posts)Rstrstx
(1,407 posts)No jail time in exchange for never running for public office again
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Captain Zero
(6,929 posts)Trump never had an agreement he couldn't break. It's one of his features.
WarGamer
(12,658 posts)Even if he were to be indicted... the chances of a jury verdict before 11/24 are slim.
Celerity
(44,159 posts)Plus if convicted, the appeals will drag on for years.
Also zero chance he will be locked up and not released if he is simply indicted, so the OP makes no sense.
If they did lock him up with no bail, and tried to keep him there during the full trial, there would soon be violent, nationwide, non stop series of kinetic conflicts and terrorist attacks.
I sure as hell would not want be a 'stick out like a sore thumb' known Dem activist stuck in an ultra deep red area (especially in a deep red state) if that shit above hits the fan.
Ford_Prefect
(7,977 posts)This would be to protect him from attack and to keep him from communicating secure information or disruptive rhetoric.
He might be able to sign up to run but active campaigning is out.
RainCaster
(11,025 posts)For his own safety, right?
Ford_Prefect
(7,977 posts)It makes sense if think about it.
He violated federal statutes, aided a foreign power, and knows things which should not get out into the wild.
COL Mustard
(6,081 posts)To supplement the prison hamberders.
LudwigPastorius
(9,388 posts)It's federal law.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/would-a-former-president-get-secret-service-protection-in-prison.html
They'd keep him from getting his eggs scrambled.
Kid Berwyn
(15,382 posts)Go for it, Mr. Trump.
NJCher
(35,963 posts)This will add further disgrace to the Republican Party.
Emile
(23,677 posts)He is already counting the money he'll receive from ignorant idiots wanting him out of jail.
andym
(5,451 posts)using stalling maneuvers, and if elected, he's basically off the hook for 4 years. Eugene Debs even ran from prison
kairos12
(12,947 posts)Defeat him in 2024, if he runs. Nothing else will suffice. Sadly.
Ford_Prefect
(7,977 posts)Running for office is not on the cards. NY and GA are close enough to indictment that no declaration would protect him. Both of those are state level trials which fall outside the federal mandate. If either state finds him guilty or adds a charge of witness intimidation or witness tampering he's toast. He cannot run for office inside state prison. Prisoners do not have rights to leave confinement to conduct such a campaign as TLG would require.
What needs to happen is for the GOP leadership to disengage with him. They've already seen how badly some of his endorsed candidates have fared. The party has already cut back on ad buys in 3 states and it looks as though more will be cut in the future. GOP fundraising is way off. TLG has never shared his funds with the GOP at large and is unlikely to do so now. Facing unthinkable legal fees and a future of unending court battles he's not going to spend on elections he's not part of. The Senate is all but lost to the GOP and even a flipped house cannot save him.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,707 posts)who am i kidding
Linda Ed
(493 posts)but he CAN"T HIDE
Martin68
(23,204 posts)to it.