Ex-Trump Attorney: Trump Will Be Indicted, But He Can Run For Office From Prison

[babylonsister]

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/08/ex-trump-attorney-if-trump-indicted-he-can

Ex-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.

"Well, I just — sad to say, Merrick Garland is now crazy," diGenova insisted. "He is going to indict Donald Trump. They are going to figure out some charge because they want to harm him, to ruin him, to basically cut him off at the knees so he can't run for President."

"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.

"He — Listen, Eugene Debs ran for president from a federal prison," he said. "There's no reason that that's going to happen to Donald Trump. He's not going to be in a federal prison."

"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]

1. He could get indicted, take the 5th Amendment during debates and Trumpers would still vote for him

It's "us against the world" for Trumpers.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The more crimes Trump commits, the more the MAGAs love him.

[3Hotdogs]

7. He will not debate. He already said he ain't gonna debate. Moderators are stacked against me.

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]

12. Yea, the whole world is crooked except for Donald Trump.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Being perceived as a political prisoner might add to TFG's mystique.

[dwayneb]

43. Make him a martyr

His hard core cult would worship him forever if he goes to jail.

[Ilsa]

4. World leaders will love visiting state or federal prisons for G7

conferences. And the guy carrying "the football" can sneak in Diet Cokes.

[kentuck]

5. And in this corner, weighing in at 288 lbs, convicted felon and former champion....!

Donald "The Big Boss" Trump?

[doc03]

6. It was done in WV in 2012. Keith Russel Judd beat Obama in 10 counties.

https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico44/2012/05/felon-beats-obama-in-ten-west-virginia-counties-122863

[tanyev]

8. OK, but it would put a damper on his rallies.

[DemocraticPatriot]

17. Not if enough MAGAts get sent to prison!

lol

[YoshidaYui]

9. Probably lying

N/t

[brooklynite]

11. Definitely not lying

see: Eugene Debs

[CaptainTruth]

15. If Trump is convicted I would hope Section 3 of the 14th Amendment...

...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]

10. That is some of the craziest talk yet.

As bad as the 87,000 IRS agents that are going to come knocking on your door armed with AR-15’s. No words for this shit.

[COL Mustard]

46. I don't want them to be armed with AR-15s.

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]

13. Whitelash runs deep.

[CaptainTruth]

14. He can run, but can he hold office?

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]

22. What requirement would preclude him from holding office?

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C5-1/ALDE_00001124/

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]

26. Depends on what he his convicted of

The 14th Amendment may prevent him from holding office.

[reACTIONary]

36. Remember, in his mind, he can...

... pardon himself.

[COL Mustard]

47. I think his self-pardon wand

Is right there, next to the self-declassification wand he used on all those documents.

[reACTIONary]

52. +10 nt

[DemocraticPatriot]

16. If enough MAGAts get sent to prison, Trump can have campaign rallies there!

[Hekate]

18. Do mob bosses get to run their empires from federal prison?

Just curious.

[COL Mustard]

48. It worked that way in

The Italian Job. Mr. Bridger ran the whole enterprise.

[elleng]

19. Oh di genova!!!

contact Victoria Ann Toensing too!!!

[flying_wahini]

20. My guess is Trump won't run. He will grift till the bitter end.

[LiberalFighter]

21. But if Hillary Clinton was in prison they would say otherwise.

Even if he won he would still have serve his term. He can't pardon himself.

[Crowman2009]

23. The orange bastard couldn't hold a god damn candle to Eugene V Debs.

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. The key thing to watch is who he picks for VP.

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]

49. Only if it's a Federal charge.

POTUS has a lot of power, but can't pardon for State-level crimes. Federal only.

[Mr.Bill]

51. Good point. n/t

[Rstrstx]

25. I think DOJ and Trump will reach a deal

No jail time in exchange for never running for public office again

[Pobeka]

28. DOJ would never trust Trump in a deal like that. We all know he's not trustworthy. nt

[Captain Zero]

37. Trump will renege. That won't work.

Trump never had an agreement he couldn't break. It's one of his features.

[WarGamer]

27. to be honest...

Even if he were to be indicted... the chances of a jury verdict before 11/24 are slim.

[Celerity]

35. Slim to zero and slim just left

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]

29. IMO he's going to be held in isolated confinement like Jeffrey Epstein.

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]

30. He will have to be kept in a SuperMax

For his own safety, right?

[Ford_Prefect]

31. IMO he'll get the same treatment as the last guy who spied for Israel did.

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]

50. At least he could buy extra Ramen packets

To supplement the prison hamberders.

[LudwigPastorius]

40. It's likely that he would still have a Secret Service protection detail if he was locked up.

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]

32. Yeah. Sure.

Go for it, Mr. Trump.

[NJCher]

33. Cool

This will add further disgrace to the Republican Party.

[Emile]

34. Trump is in it for the money.

He is already counting the money he'll receive from ignorant idiots wanting him out of jail.

[andym]

38. He can delay any trial to after the election

using stalling maneuvers, and if elected, he's basically off the hook for 4 years. Eugene Debs even ran from prison

[kairos12]

39. The reality is there is only one way to get rid of him.

Defeat him in 2024, if he runs. Nothing else will suffice. Sadly.

[Ford_Prefect]

41. IMO there are several other answers including holding in protective custody as a material witness.

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]

42. all about the GRIFT, repubs stand up to this man

who am i kidding

[Linda Ed]

44. trump can run

but he CAN"T HIDE

[Martin68]

45. That will be a great look for the GOP: their candidate running from prison. I'm looking forward

to it.