Wednesday 16 August 2023

Trump's best bet

The way forward for Donald Trump is now obvious, if you are in the Trump camp that is: Delay all the trials for as long as possible, then win the election and stay immune from prosecution as the sitting president until 2028 by which time he will be aged 82. Any reinstated prosecutions after 2028 could then be subject to rulings on the constitution by the Supreme Court which could take a year or two to resolve by which time the president at the time would probably say, "the old boy is too ancient to go to jail, so let's call the whole thing off". Voila! So I have no doubt every attempt will be made by Trump's lawyers to postpone all the trials on the grounds that they might interfere with the constitutional right of the fomer president to stand for reelection. Jack Smith, the special counsel who has brought some of the most serious indictments against Trump will puff and puff but in the end all the legal barriers will become too gargantuan as the election day gets closer and closer. As for all the charges brought against Trump and 18 others in the alleged Georgia election conspiracy, the very fact that there are so many defendants makes it virtually impossible for trials to be held in the foreseeable future. Some former White House lawyer during the Trump administration has suggested the trials could be two years away at least. So, there we go: delay, win the election and avoid prosecution.

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