Trump Tells Team He Needs to be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump is telling his team he wants to be president again ... in part to escape criminal prosecution. “‘Some very corrupt’ people want to ‘put me in jail,’” he’s told aides.

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Trump Tells Team He Needs to be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes
When Donald Trump formally declares he's running for president in 2024, he’ll also be running away from legal troubles and criminal charges
5:24 PM · Jul 17, 2022

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-2024-criminal-probes-jan6-1384379/

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When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won’t just be running for another term in the White House. He’ll be running away from legal troubles, possible criminal charges, and even the specter of prison time.

In recent months, Trump has made clear to associates that the legal protections of occupying the Oval Office are front-of-mind for him, four people with knowledge of the situation tell Rolling Stone.

Trump has “spoken about how when you are the president of the United States, it is tough for politically motivated prosecutors to ‘get to you,” says one of the sources, who has discussed the issue with Trump this summer. “He says when [not if] he is president again, a new Republican administration will put a stop to the [Justice Department] investigation that he views as the Biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges — or even put him and his people in prison.”

Presidential immunity and picking his own attorney general aren’t Trump’s only reasons for running again. And as he works on another run, Trump is in a tug-of-war with leaders and operatives of his own party about when to announce, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter.

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[mopinko]

1. when are they going to start using the word delusional? cuz this is delusional.

put it in the fucking headline. wake the fuck up.

[Justice matters.]

38. Once a whole bunch of his close sycophantic "best people" who worked on

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his campaigns and in the WH are all doing time in the slammer for criming to please him in a one-way "loyalty" relationship, nobody will want to work for him!

Good luck finding a VP candidate...

Unless he/she has suicidal tendencies...

[calimary]

49. Your post reminds me that we now have a new word for what trump's famous for by now.

“Criming.” The infinitive would be “to crime.” It’s now a thing. And a special distinction in trumpworld. A hallmark.

[BlueIdaho]

2. I understand why he wants to be President

I fail to see why anyone else would want him In the White House.

[FakeNoose]

3. Oh right! The people who want him in jail are the CORRUPT ones

Sounds like an admission of guilt to me. Lock. Him. Up.

[localroger]

8. Republicans: Every accusation is a confession /nt

[Rebl2]

17. Seems like it

Everyone who refuses to testify, is basically saying they are guilty.

[electric_blue68]

10. Bwah!! Never saw this Colbert clip.

[Joinfortmill]

30. LOL

[samplegirl]

34. Lock him up

[Lucinda]

4. ...

[CentralMass]

5. Some very honest people want to put your corrupt treasonous ass in jail.

[elleng]

6. PRISON

[EnergizedLib]

7. If he wanted to save himself from criminal probes

Perhaps he shouldn’t have committed crimes?

[Native]

24. Actually, the crimes were committed to keep him in office. He had nothing to lose.

He knew he needed to remain in office to avoid prosecution for a shit ton of criming. Previous articles had timelines that showed how he'd skate if he could drag it out another 4 years (statute of limitations).

[Cha]

9. Looks like another sign of P's Total

Melt DOWN.. like calling the staffer in frenzied Sweating Desperation.. just guessing about the flop sweat.

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[electric_blue68]

11. Man. Woman. Camera. Handcuffs. Prison.

Ghads I hate this man with the heat of 10,000 Suns!


Luckily I have many things to do and 🥰 enjoy to distract from that hatred. 👍👍

[TeamProg]

15. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[electric_blue68]

18. Aww, thanks ☺️

[Joinfortmill]

31. Lol

[electric_blue68]

40. Ty

[Marius25]

12. When is Garland going to recognize how big of a threat this guy is?

Arrest him already.

[SWBTATTReg]

57. Ditto!!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

13. As has been said, someone who attempted to overthrow the government disqualifies them

As a candidate for the office of president.

[Takket]

14. well that's not going to work lol

If he's going to be indicated it will be long before the next election, so that's not going to save him.......

[TeamProg]

16. The punch lines are now writing the jokes.. n/t

[NullTuples]

19. Remember back when people were saying if he achieved a second term...

...that the statute of limitations would run out on his crimes?

He is correct. Sort of.

That clock has run out on the first four of his crimes that were considered to have ample evidence for prosecution.

The "sort of" comes in because while a 1973 memo did say that a sitting President couldn't be prosecuted for crimes, it also said that once impeachment proceedings had concluded - guilty or not, and regardless of what the Senate did next - said President was then completely vulnerable to criminal investigation and prosecution.

Trump was impeached twice. And he was treated with kid gloves in part based on that memo. Yet the other half of that equation was apparently never read by Congress or the DoJ.

[Farmer-Rick]

21. There is not statute of limitations on Treason

Trump levied war against the United States.

[ashredux]

20. Judgement Day Approaches.....

[Javaman]

22. His new campaign slogan then is...

“Help me win, so I stay out of jail”

[dchill]

23. Well THAT ought to be the TOP STORY for the next month!

GOP. The party of criminals.

[Orrex]

25. This sounds like a great time to wait while Garland does whatever it is he's doing.

Cue the scolding cheerleaders in three...

Two...

[XanaDUer2]

48. Lol nt

[SWBTATTReg]

58. I know that this won't happen, but maybe Biden can declare that an insurrection is underway, and ...

arrest all tRUMP-related thugs that enabled the first insurrection that failed barely. These people are dangerous and think that they are above the law.

I hope Garland knows this, and sends some strong signals to the tRUMP world reminding them that the rule of law is still in effect, that the Constitution still applies, that many more millions are on the side of law and order. Don't let the orange anus run again, don't let him ruin this great Country because of his desire to escape justice which he so richly deserves.

[Sky Jewels]

26. Lock this sack of shit up

ASAP. Violent Treasonous Traitors and Coup Plotters need life sentences in maximum security prisons.

[tosh]

27. He and his spawn...

should flee the country ASAP.

As long as it becomes a permanent exile, it works for me.

[Joinfortmill]

29. 👍

[Joinfortmill]

28. TickTock, Buster

[wnylib]

32. Looks like he is setting the stage for his next coup attempt.

He will say that he is running for 2024 and that all charges against him are political, an attempt by Biden and the liberals to steal another term from him.

Then he can call on his followers to take to the streets to fight for democracy. His price for calling them off be a demand that all charges against him will be dropped.

To put pressure on DOJ and Congress, the street terrorism will be especially cruel.

So, I am not Nostradamus and I could be wrong. But something like this prediction is very possible given Trump's past behavior, personality and character traits, and his ties with Putin.

[Justice matters.]

39. After most of his sycophantic henchmen end up in jail ...

the "Cohen" way, under the bus, nobody will want to work for him!

Good luck finding a willing VP candidate...

[flying_wahini]

33. Unmitigated gall of these people. They wave it in your face and I hope like hell

Trump goes to prison. Come on DOJ.

[jmowreader]

35. Well, this is different

If you asked most people who want to be president why they want to be president, they generally answer with a variation on "I want to make my country better."

Ask Ex-President Massengill the same thing, and his answer is "I don't want to go to prison for the crimes I committed the first time I was president."

[MiniMe]

36. Dear shit for brains...

This isn't all about you. I know you think it is, but it is about the United States of America. If you were that worried about being prosecuted, you shouldn't have done those illegal things like trying to overthrow the government.

[Septua]

37. He's been watching cable news and learned something.

I've been listening to cable news. Yeah, prosecuting a presidential candidate would be yet another, first (?) for a prosecutor to consider. Thing is, Garland knows Trump is talking about running to avoid prosecution, isn't politically motivated and preaches "no one is above the law."

Garland knows without reservation, Trump is a clear and present danger to the country. And the Fulton county DA has no fear in indicting Trump.

[sarcasmo]

41. Something a criminal would say.

[Justice matters.]

42. Good luck finding a willing VP candidate...

to be hung at your whim, traitorous asshole!

[sakabatou]

43. Did he say the quiet part out loud again?

[msfiddlestix]

44. It's fascinating how he can tell the truth that actually incriminates him most directly,

it's sort of like the "I can shoot someone on 5th Avenue" and people will still vote for him.

Or anything he's said about his Moscow Real Estate plans and love for Putin. etc etc etc etc..

He is a sociopath, for sure..but his proclivities to straight out admit damning motives certainly takes a special kind of sociopath I think.

Wonder what pscyo-analysts have to say about this particular aspect of behavior.

[Nevilledog]

47. All he has to do is add is "witch hunt" to the end of any admission.

You notice they don't spend any time denying the meat of the allegations.

[msfiddlestix]

60. Right? every single time. n/t

[JuJuChen]

45. This Thursday preview....

[tinrobot]

46. 2016: Lock Her Up / 2024 : Don't Lock Me Up.

What a campaign slogan.

[slater71]

50. That is the only thing he has left to save his sorry self.

[Jarqui]

51. I've never had the feeling that Trump really wanted to be President

He did so for financial reasons.
Now, he wants the job now for criminal avoidance reasons.

Why people accept and support him is beyond me.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

52. Lock his fat dimply orange ass up

[Martin68]

53. Has Hell just frozen over? Trump is telling the truth!

[Snackshack]

54. The Office of The President of The Untied States...

Should not be used as get out of jail card. The last time he treated the Presidency as his personal bank account and while he allowed over 1 million Americans to die.

[Hassler]

55. From MAGA to Vote for me so I can stay out of jail. Oh and send me your paycheck.

[bucolic_frolic]

56. By definition doesn't that make the campaign part of the obstruction?

[tclambert]

59. When Trump says "very corrupt people" he means people who want to actually enforce the law.