Report: Don Jr. Fears Election Defeat Will Mean Prosecution Of Trump Family

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Report: Don Jr. Fears Election Defeat Will Mean Prosecution Of Trump Family
Alex Henderson
@alexvhenderson
August 25 | 2020
Reprinted with permission from Alternet


After former Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered the final report for the Russia investigation in 2019, he noted that the Department of Justice has a longstanding policy against prosecuting a sitting president. But if former Vice President Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump this November, he will no longer be a sitting president after Biden is inaugurated in January 2021. And according to a lengthy piece by journalist Jason Zengerle for the New York Times, Donald Trump, Jr. is worried about the possibility of members of his family facing criminal prosecutions if the president loses to Biden.

Zengerle's article takes an in-depth look at the prominent role that Trump, Jr. is playing in the president's reelection campaign. And an anonymous source described by Zengerle as a "prominent conservative activist" told the Times, "Don's the only person who thinks they're going to lose. He's like, 'We're losing, dude, and we're going to get really hurt when we lose.'"

Zengerle explains that by "really hurt," that source means criminal prosecutions. The Times journalist reports, "An electoral defeat in November, Trump Jr. fears, could result in federal prosecutions of Trump, his family and his political allies. He has told the conservative activist that he expects that a Biden administration will not participate in a 'peaceful transition' and instead, will 'shoot the prisoners.'"

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[jorgevlorgan]

1. Actually breaking the law and betraying your country is what will lead to your prosecution

Jesus

[MontanaMama]

2. Fear it Junior!!!

The storm is coming for you, GummyBro, Kremlin Barbie and your evil orange daddy.

[The_Counsel]

3. In a Perfect World, Junior Would Be Absolutely Right.

I say throw 'em all in prison. Only Melania and Baron should be spared. The latter because he hasn't done anything and the former because there's no crime in being stupid....

Anyway, these people are probably gonna end up skating "for the good of the country," or some such crap.

[world wide wally]

4. Lock him up

(That is all)

[Cha]

5. Do the Crime Do the Time.. didn't senior trump teach you that, jr?

[PaDemocrat]

6. As much as I hate the Trumps, I have to admit..

Part of me thinks he never said this..

These guys have been breaking the law for years and no way they are all of a sudden worry.

[Takebacktherepublic]

7. Just watch

He'll try to pardon the whole stinking lot on the way out

[randr]

8. They should flee to their home land

Putin will adopt them

[empedocles]

14. Roll those dice?

[Qutzupalotl]

9. If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear.

Unlike Trump, we respect the rule of law. We aren’t going to “lock you up” just because we don’t like you (which we don’t).

[Darwin2019]

10. Why can't Jr be prosecuted now? He is not president.

Surely we don't have to wait til he leaves office to prosecute his spawn.

[struggle4progress]

11. "Prosecuting rich crooks like me is just un-American"

[regnaD kciN]

12. Which is why I'm near-certain...

...that, if he loses in November, Cheetolini is going to do everything possible to hold onto power, whether it's "encouraging" Republican legislatures to simply appoint Trump electors no matter what the vote total in their state may have been, declaring an indefinite state of emergency, or proclaiming himself "President for life" and decreeing that the Constitution is now null and void. In the end, I suspect, the military is going to have to drag him out of the White House -- and I'm hoping (but am far from certain) that they'll opt to be loyal to the Constitution rather than the CinC.

[empedocles]

13. A treason/racketeering charge that sticks, against traitortrump would enable so much reform!

[lagomorph777]

15. First time he's ever been right about anything.

You bet we'll prosecute their criminal asses.

[NCjack]

16. Not to worry, Don Jr. We will not pervert the law the way your father did.

But, for laws your Mafia family did, the law will be applied.

[PuppyBismark]

17. Not a problem, Dad will pardon the whole family and his cabinet and friends.

[drray23]

18. meaning they will do anything to not lose the elections

cheating, bribing, anything. I do not doubt that Trump and his minions would resort to more extreme methods that are employed by Putin if it helped them if they thought they could get away with it.

[Maeve]

19. Not as stupid as he looks

I know, low bar, but....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. No, I think there will be no prosecution of Prez Trump.

Maybe Don Jr is worried about himself, not the family.

He has reason to worry, I hope.

[C_U_L8R]

21. Captain Obvious Junior. Geez, even Eric knows that.

[Vinca]

22. Well, guess that's something he should be fearing because I don't see Joe Biden pardoning him.

[essme]

23. Maybe? The family shouldn't have been involved in criminal

activities?

[Grins]

24. Well....yeah. Is this hard? And not just Trump.

A slew of others starting with Mike Flynn, KT McFarland, Eric Prince, Jared!!, Ivanka!, Manafort, Hope Hicks, Jay Sekulow, Keith Schiller, Rudy!!!, Rick Perry, Sam Clovis, Peter Pillsbury, Deutsche Bank, the list goes on and on.

[treestar]

25. Jr. being right about something

is a thing I struggle to wrap my head around. But it looks to be the case here.

[JHB]

26. No, Don't Do It, Junior!

[tclambert]

27. Yeah, Don-don, it's so unfair that someone might want to prosecute criminal behavior.

Make a deal, Junior. Reduce your sentence by testifying against the old man. He's gonna die in prison anyway.

[Rebl2]

28. Good!

If they lose I am sure putin will sneak them out of the country after his presidency (if you can call it that) is over.

[BeckyDem]

29. It better.

[BHDem53]

30. They're coming to take you away, dude.

[AllyCat]

31. I want to see the frog marching we never got with Shrub.

The whole fam damily (except Barron).

[paleotn]

32. You're GD right it will...

We're going to burn every damn one of them.

[WyattKansas]

33. Don Jr. just wait until the tRUMP brand is no longer useful to Republicans and Russia.

Just like the Old Man, you will be cash poor for the rest of your life and nobody will trust you.

[Hassler]

34. I take back saying Uday was the dumbest Chump. He's the

Smartest in understanding that he, Qusay, Jared and the Ice Princess are all going to prison.

[Blue Owl]

35. Fear is a powerful motivator

But it's too late for the tRumps to clean up their act now...