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Donald Trump famously hated the actual job of being president of the United States, given its emphasis on reading documents, listening to experts, and giving a crap about other people. On the other hand, he did enjoy the power, and one aspect of the power he really seemed to like was the fact that, according to his lawyers, he couldnt be held accountable for any crimes while in office.
Now, at the moment, Donald Trump is not president, and his legal situation isnt looking so hot. For one thing, the January 6 committee has given the Justice Department a whole bunch of reasons to indict the guy, and on Sunday, vice-chair Liz Cheney said the panel may make its own criminal referral. For another, the Fulton County criminal investigation into Trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election is heating up and actually appears to have legs. Anyway, can you see where this is going?
The Guardian reports that Trump has told adviserssome of whom believe he should wait until after the midterms to make an announcementthat throwing his hat in the ring early would allow him to strengthen his argument that
criminal investigations against him in New York and Georgia are politically motivated. (In addition to the Fulton County probe and the work of the January 6 committee, the former presidents company is also under criminal investigation in Westchester County, while the New York attorney general is set to depose him under oath this month.) As my colleague Eric Lutz noted last week, despite what appears to be an overwhelming amount of evidence against him, Democrats are concerned that Attorney General Merrick Garlands fear of looking political may result in the DOJ getting cold feet when it comes to prosecuting. Im just not seeing the urgency from the attorney general, Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego told CNN last month. Hes thinking more about protecting the institution of the Department of Justice. And I appreciate that, but he has to be thinking about protecting the institution of democracy. While acknowledging that no one is above the law, former senator Doug Jones told Politico, there are so many more dynamics that I think come into play when trying to indict a former president of the United States for activities that took place in office. If Trump were to run for a second term, it would, The Guardian writes, complicate any decision to criminally charge him.
And while he doesnt know a lotfor instance, how toilets, exercise, or hurricanes work, or that you cant get cancer from soundTrump clearly knows this and wants to use it to his benefit. The advantages of declaring now are that potential rivals could be dissuaded from running against him, Carl Tobias, a law professor at that the University of Richmond, told The Guardian. Meanwhile, the pressure will build for the January 6 committee to move quickly to find as much damning information as it can and refer it over to the attorney general.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/donald-trump-2024-announcement-prosecution
Easier to grift money if people think he's running.
comradebillyboy
(10,174 posts)to jail. He knows he will never be indicted.
getagrip_already
(14,825 posts)He has nothing to worry about from the doj, and he seems to have the states solidly corrupted. GA likely won't go anywhere.
In fact, he would use any noise of an indictment as a fundraising opportunity. He isn't concerned in the least. He just fainnes concern to grift.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)denbot
(9,901 posts)I'm sure all the local trolls will be extra snippy when the indictments start dropping.
comradebillyboy
(10,174 posts)I see it. But I still remember Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury investigation of the Bush Admin as well as Mueller's nothing-burger report on Trump's Russia collusion. Both caused great excitement and both yielded nothing. I have no reason to believe that things will be different this year.
denbot
(9,901 posts)amIrightbuddy?
duckworth969
(610 posts)From Vanity Fair article cited in the original DU post,
While acknowledging that no one is above the law, former senator Doug Jones told Politico, there are so many more dynamics that I think come into play when trying to indict a former president of the United States for activities that took place in office.
If Trump were to run for a second term, it would, The Guardian writes, complicate any decision to criminally charge him.
*Emphasis mine
tinrobot
(10,914 posts)Once he officially announces, he's gotta report contributions to the FEC and follow the rules.
I think he won't announce for that reason alone - too much easy money to be had.
lame54
(35,317 posts)He's planning on beating Garland to the punch
They talk about his hinting like it's normal candidacy crap
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,496 posts)TFG wants to put himself on the ballot for the 2022 midterms and to undercut McCarthy and MoscowMitch if the GOP does well. This will be fun to watch
Link to tweet
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mccarthy-2657603012/
"Donald Trump is going to plan an announcement for two reasons," he began. "One, vanity, secondly, strategy."
"The vanity is he cannot let Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell retake Congress and make the story about McCarthy and Mitch McConnell," he explained. "He has to make Republicans resurgent in November about him, so he has to jump in front of the parade -- that's vanity."
"Strategy is because [Florida Gov.] Ron DeSantis is nipping at his heels," he added. "As soon as Ron DeSantis is reelected in Florida, should that happen, all eyes will turn toward whether Ron DeSantis is running. I actually think Ron DeSantis is running. I think he is currently passing Donald Trump, and it's very easy for DeSantis after his November election."
If the GOP win controls of the House or the Senate, TFG wants to claim credit.
I want TFG to be in effect on the ballot. The more we make the mid-terms about TFG, the better off Democratic candidates will do
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