In a dialogue with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, Donald Trump’s former private lawyer, Michael Cohen, defined the good lengths to which the president will go to keep away from prison fees and jail time.
Cohen informed Maddow he believes that if Trump loses to Joe Biden, he’ll resign and have Mike Pence pardon him earlier than the brand new president takes workplace in January 2021.
“If he loses … he’ll resign as president, he’ll permit Mike Pence to take over, and he’ll then go forward and have Mike Pence pardon him,” Cohen mentioned.
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Michael Cohen says Trump will go to nice lengths to keep away from prison fees: “If he loses … he’ll resign as president, he’ll permit Mike Pence to take over, and he’ll then go forward and have Mike Pence pardon him.” #ctl #p2 #maddow pic.twitter.com/e5ReWb4bEs
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Cohen mentioned:
My concept is that if he loses, there’s nonetheless the time between the election and the time that the following president would take workplace. And in throughout that point, my suspicion is that he’ll resign as president, he’ll permit Mike Pence to take over, and he’ll then go forward and have Mike Pence pardon him. And it’s a really, let’s simply say it’s a really Nixon kind of occasion and it was most likely mentioned between Roger Stone and President Trump sooner or later, that that is definitely one technique to keep away from any potential jail time.
Trump is working for reelection to keep away from authorized hassle
It’s fairly clear that Donald Trump doesn’t significantly just like the work a part of being president, which is why he not often participates in it between golf outings and Twitter implosions.
What is actually fueling Trump’s want to maintain this job for an additional 4 years is a deep worry of falling into authorized jeopardy if he loses.
As PoliticusUSA’s Jason Easley noted final yr, “Trump hates being president, however his motivation for wanting to maintain the job is that the second the following president is sworn into workplace, former president Trump may face a prison indictment on all kinds of fees.”
Michael Cohen’s concept could seem far-fetched, however this president has demonstrated repeatedly that he’ll do something to guard himself, even when it undermines the rule of legislation or hurts the American folks.
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Sean Colarossi presently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Inexpensive Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents acquire medical insurance protection.
