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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Trump tells advisers that he fears prosecution if he loses the election: report
(Salon) With Election Day approaching and his poll numbers still flagging, President Donald Trump has allegedly begun to express concerns to aides about the potential criminal liabilities which may await him in a post-White House life.
The threats are broad: Trump's businesses are currently under investigation by the New York State attorney general and the Manhattan District Attorney's office for possible tax and financial crimes. He is also worried about the potential for new federal investigations, And according to a newly report from The New York Times.
Trump has reportedly expressed these concerns to advisers "for weeks." Aside from the known state and local probes, The Times did not specify which specific liabilities might have unnerved the president at the federal level.
The difference is significant, because presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes; they do not extend to state and local levels. The constitutional question of whether Trump would pardon himself before leaving office which no president has tried has simmered throughout his term. It even came up during Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings last month. ............(more)
https://www.salon.com/2020/11/02/president-trump-tells-advisers-that-he-fears-prosecution-if-he-loses-the-election-report/
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President Trump tells advisers that he fears prosecution if he loses the election: report (Original Post)
marmar
Nov 2020
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bearsfootball516
(6,369 posts)2. Well look at that, he's actually right for a change!
krispos42
(49,445 posts)3. grumpy_cat_good.jpg
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,353 posts)4. In a sane world
Any President expressing those kind of concerns over possibly not winning re-election really needs to be automatically disqualified and thrown out of office.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)5. As well he should
But this sounds like an admission of guilt on his part.