Trump Pressures Republicans to Pass a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail Forever

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Rolling Stone

May 24, 2024


Donald Trump likes to tell anyone who will listen that he’s absolutely convinced he will win his 2024 rematch against President Joe Biden. And, according to people who’ve spoken to the ex-president about this, Trump also seems convinced that if he wins another four years in the White House, state prosecutors will still be waiting for him on the other side of his term — ready to put him on trial, or even in prison, just as they are now.

To avoid such risks, the former and perhaps future president of the United States wants Congress to create a very specific insurance policy that would help keep him out of prison forever, two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone. Trump vaguely alluded to this idea last week outside his New York criminal hush money trial, when he said he has urged Republican lawmakers to pass “laws to stop things like this.”

In recent months, the sources say, Trump has spoken to several GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, attorneys, and other associates about the possibility of Republicans passing legislation in a second Trump term that would shield former presidents (i.e. Trump) from non-federal prosecutions. In recent conversations with closely-aligned lawmakers, Trump has pressured them to do so, describing it as imperative that he signs such a bill into law, if he again ascends to the Oval Office.

This, of course, would require that Republicans keep the House, take back the Senate, and have enough votes and agreement on the wisdom of these ideas to get it done. “Even after a second term, he doesn’t think any of this is going to end,” says one of the sources. “He doesn’t think Democrats are going to quit coming after him.”

Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-republicans-pass-law-jail-1235027139/

[jgmiller]

1. I really hate agreeing with Trump on anything

but he's right win or lose in 2024 prosecutors are NOT going to stop coming after him. He's a criminal and he deserves to prosecuted wherever he has committed crimes.

[Justice matters.]

17. Yes, but the "judges" will never sentence him to prison time...

It should be pretty clear by now that he is above all laws (although he shouldn't be...) and he knows it so this is just another idiotic move to keep himself into the news cycle every damn minute he can find (same "tactic" as in 2016) and it keeps on working...

So so so so tired of his smelling shite.

Nothing will happen to him ever.

[FakeNoose]

2. If the Repukes can do that (and of course they can't)

... then the Dems need to pass a law to keep Chump out of the White House forever.

[AZ8theist]

13. They tried. It was called "Impeachment".

However, the traitors in the Repuke Party decided it was better to enable treason rather than democracy.

[Traurigkeit]

3. There is still that signature required from The Executive Branch. But we all know TSF knows nothing.

[dweller]

4. Sad ... he needs immediate

Mental health intervention and evaluation

Next he will want the law that crowns him king for life
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[LiberalFighter]

25. We don't want insanity to be his plea.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Go ahead. Send him to prison instead.

[videohead5]

6. A federal law stopping states

From charging a person with a crime would be against state rights if I'm not mistaken.

[jvill]

7. We all know GOP support of states rights is a sham...

But geez— talk about making it obvious.

[ificandream]

8. Dumpy will support bending laws for anything that benefits him and his toadies.

It's one reason we must do our damndest to stop him from being elected in November.

[Traurigkeit]

9. NO, just TSF.

TSF does not care one nanogram about any stupid asskissing flungie

[mountain grammy]

10. Madman

[republianmushroom]

11. Two words, Fu*k him !

40 months and counting (includes foot dragging)

[Talitha]

12. That dumbfuck is absolutely terrified!!!

[Bayard]

14. "I should never have to face any consequences for my perfect behavior."

"So, that, No one is above the law," business just doesn't apply to me.

[bmichaelh]

15. Trump is paranoid

That state AG will go after him for any reason is not true.

Not one state AG went after Trump for manslaughter for COVID.

[JohnnyRingo]

16. Who says he'll leave after his term?

Look up he word dictator.

If he's able to see the Oval Office and if republicans are in charge of congress, he can arrange for a law that keeps him in office until death, when Donald Un Junior takes over.

Maybe it won't work though because he'd have to have the courts on his side. Wait a minute.....

[Martin68]

18. The Dumpster Fire is quaking in his booties.

He sounds increasingly desperate. Desperation breeds major mistakes in judgment (not that Dump needs much help in that direction).

[Haru]

19. Congressial Pardon

Hmm, so Congress can issue pardons, our justical system truly becoming irrelevant

[Turbineguy]

20. He doesn't give a fuck about his minions

who rot in prisons for listening to him.

[airplaneman]

21. Trumps fantacy

Republicans to pass laws to keep Republicans out of jail forever.

[oasis]

22. Not bloody likely. Nice try.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. Shield them from non-federal prosecutions?

So, in another words, he wants the US Congress to pass laws that will interfere with State Law.

It will never happen. Not to mention that the first to shoot it down will with the Conservative-leaning US Supreme Court.

[myohmy2]

24. "...a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail"

...why...?

...did he do something wrong...?

...I thought whatever it was he was innocent...

[GreenWave]

26. I got your card Trumpty Dumpty for just $1,000,000,000.00

[wryter2000]

27. It's not Democrats coming after him

It's law enforcement.

[Aussie105]

28. Any normal person subjected to that many legal cases

might get the impression they have been living their life all wrong all those years.

But not Trump.

Not a care about what he has done, he gave himself permission after all, so the search for avoidance of the consequences is his main focus.

So yes, expect the bleating about Witch Hunt, Democrats are victimising him, etc to continue.