Analyst says Trump officials may flee if Democrats win midterms: 'Would not be surprising' (Raw Story)

[ificandream]

As the 2026 midterm elections fast approach, and with assessments suggesting a potentially strong performance from Democrats, a number of top Trump administration officials may resign in an effort to avoid being “slapped with subpoenas” from a Democrat-controlled Congress, political analyst and journalist Jason Easley argued Sunday in an analysis.

“Suppose Democrats win control of Congress and the presidency in 2028,” Easley wrote on PoliticusUSA, a left-leaning news website.

“In that case, the next Democratic president will have to make fixing the damage Trump has done to the country and our system of government a priority… It would not be surprising if Democrats do well in the midterms, people like Pam Bondi and Kash Patel resign before they can be slapped with subpoenas.”

Republicans currently hold a slim majority in the House, with 219 Republicans versus 213 Democrats. In the Senate, Republicans have 53 members, and Democrats, 45, though the two independent senators – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Angus King (I-ME) – caucus with Democrats.

Historical election data shows that the party occupying the White House has lost ground in 20 of the past 22 midterm elections dating back to 1938. Additionally, the severity of the election loss has been shown to correlate heavily with the incumbent president’s popularity, and with Trump having the lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years, Easley argued Democrats could very well win back control of Congress, and with that control, the power of the subpoena.

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Not really a surprise.

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/midterm-2674234259/

[Lovie777]

1. Flee to Argentina...................

[Silent Type]

2. Thinking same for the dirty Nazi rats.

[peppertree]

15. Although the welcome is unlikely to last for them

The next presidential elections (in '27 - not today, as Trump seems to believe) will likely usher in a center-left (probably Peronist-led) coalition - such that many RW expats are likely to leave.

Interestingly, there've been a few YouTube RW'ers who moved to Argentina when the center-left Alberto Fernández was still in office (Jake Runnels, and 'Economic Front' Tanner from Montana, for instance) - but have since left as they've watched their costs in dollars balloon.

Goes to show that right-wing economics doesn't even work for right-wingers - especially in Argentina.

[lame54]

3. We have our campaign slogan

[PatSeg]

4. Some of these people really didn't think ahead

very far. Do they honestly think Trump will rule forever/

[Irish_Dem]

7. Evil ones often have an escape plan.

They know someday they will need it.

[PatSeg]

16. A lot of these people don't look bright enough

to have an escape plan though. Most of them look like they are reactive and impulsive, spending money like a drunken sailor. History could tell them that there is little chance that they will have much of a future in government. Their fifteen minutes is almost over.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes but many of them have an animal cunning and criminal mind.

It is amazing what they can come up with.

[PatSeg]

18. It is hard to imagine where they

come up with some of their crap. Many of them do have street-smarts, much like Trump does, but few know how to play the long game. They are often distracted by all the shiny baubles and perks. I remember the way members of his cabinet in his first term spent large sums of money on the most ridiculous stuff.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Yes but there are some master mind criminals running the show.

The goons doing all the public stunts are just the frontline show people.

[PatSeg]

20. True

There is so much going on behind the scenes that we may not know for a long time, if ever.

[Irish_Dem]

21. I totally agree.

Behind the scenes must be utterly fascinating.
Diabolical but fascinating.

We may never know everything going on.

[PatSeg]

23. I'm not sure I want to know all of it

This is hard enough to live with already.

[Irish_Dem]

24. I know, the stuff we can see is making me sick.

The behind the scenes must be devastating.

[PatSeg]

25. Exactly

[lame54]

9. I think they do...

Stephen Miller wants to own the world

[PatSeg]

14. That's bizarre

As it is clear that the aging Trump probably doesn't have many good years ahead of him. If something should happen and Vance becomes president, I don't think he'll have much use of Miller. I'm sure Miller has few supporters in the administration.

[drray23]

5. Not sure if resigning would work for them.

Even if Patel and Bondi resign, they can still be served with subpoenas. If we do win in 2026, we can start documenting everything by having congressional investigations. That should generate enough material to prosecute past 2028. I would hoipe that we would go after lower-level people too instead of just at the top. Trump may be immune, but others are not. If we start going after people who enabled the whole thing, they will think twice before this happens again.
Those that we cannot convict, we should ostracize and ensure they never get a job again. For example, the press secretary Katherine Lewitt.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. And most importantly, if they do decide to flee the country, they only have 3rd world shitholes to hide.

European countries would turn them in, and so would just about any nation that was harmed by Trump's policies. Which only leaves Argentina. Russia Qatar and maybe Dubois by my count.

[Midnight Writer]

8. Yeah, I don't see how resigning would protect them.

It's like a bank robber who quits robbing banks. It doesn't let him off the hook for the banks he already robbed.

[lame54]

10. Is Epstein's island currently in use?

[Wifes husband]

13. Trump will just pardon them

[Qutzupalotl]

11. Then I suggest we win. nt

[Swede]

12. Citing fear of Democratic 'vengeance,' Curtis Yarvin says he may flee the U.S.

The Tech-bro fascists are getting antsy too.

https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/07/citing-fear-democratic-vengeance-curtis-yarvin-says-may-flee-u-s/

[Wednesdays]

22. I kind of doubt Repugs will flee

They didn't in 2018 when we won the House. They just dug in their heels against subpoenas.

[NoRethugFriends]

29. Exactly. Highly wishful thinking that they will flee.

[Johonny]

26. The next president will face the Biden problem

Of being hugely unpopular due to the hole the country is in due to Trump. Hoover took the blame for Harding and Coolidge. Bush took the blame.for Reagan. It seems like inheriting a shitshow rarely works out well.

[NH Ethylene]

27. I am betting there will not be a 2026 election.

He will start a war in Venezuela and cancel the elections, which he can legally do for Midterms, as I understand.

Problem solved. Nobody needs to flee; Trump does not face impeachment for his crimes.

[Historic NY]

28. Put bounties on them.

[B.See]

30. Usually, politicians who flee,

know THEY'RE GUILTY AS HELL.

[Scrivener7]

31. Please, please, please, please, please

[dlilafae]

32. That coke swilling

mooch ain't going nowhere. He's getting the best free ride of his life.