In a dialogue with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, Donald Trump’s former private lawyer, Michael Cohen, defined the nice lengths to which the president will go to keep away from felony costs and jail time.
Cohen instructed 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 stated.
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Michael Cohen says Trump will go to nice lengths to keep away from felony costs: “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 stated:
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 in some unspecified time in the future, that that is definitely one approach 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 notably just like the work a part of being president, which is why he hardly ever participates in it between golf outings and Twitter implosions.
What is actually fueling Trump’s need 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 felony indictment on all kinds of costs.”
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 regulation or hurts the American folks.
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Sean Colarossi at present 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 receive medical insurance protection.
