Trump says an indictment would not end presidential campaign
Source: AP
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would continue his third presidential campaign even if indicted.
Absolutely, I wouldnt even think about leaving, Trump told reporters ahead of a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
Trump is under investigation by prosecutors probing his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election as well as his handling of classified documents, among other issues.
Trump delivered the conferences headlining speech Saturday night, telling a cheering crowd of supporters that he was engaged in his final battle as he tries to return to the White House.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-an-indictment-would-not-end-presidential-campaign/ar-AA18eevG
dem4decades
(11,282 posts)We're pitiful.
Magoo48
(4,701 posts)Lovie777
(12,226 posts)The devil is on the prowl.
Marcuse
(7,467 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,852 posts)Whole thing is excellent. Ending is great, plus the part where Ivanka smiles as Jared is intercepted. You know, theres a lot to be said for visualization.
ProfessorGAC
(64,960 posts)The big money faucet will be shut in a split second, as will RNC money.
And, we all know he can't fund his own campaign. He never could.
Mr.Bill
(24,263 posts)to send him money if he was indicted.
Celerity
(43,254 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,404 posts)He will be a highly compensated martyr.
JT45242
(2,258 posts)Traditional rethug donors maybe, but the last 10 years shows the FEC is fairly powerless to stop foreign money from funding campaign.
And that doesn't include whatever Murdoch et al owe Putin to give free good advertising masquerading as news on faux news and all over the radio.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,046 posts)Lovie777
(12,226 posts)if he's can't run.
Celerity
(43,254 posts)which hopefully makes Biden a shoo-in for a landslide victory
thenelm1
(852 posts)mwb970
(11,356 posts)He probably wouldn't burn, but at least he would be GONE. Far, far away. What a wonderful dream.
Celerity
(43,254 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)dweller
(23,620 posts)✌🏻
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PJMcK
(22,023 posts)Everything he says is bullshit.
If hes indicted he wont survive the primaries.
Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)Wuddles440
(1,121 posts)He is, and will continue to be, a messianic figure to tens of millions no matter the extent of his criminal and seditious acts.
Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)huckster turned into Messiah and "The Chosen One". This will not end well. On a happier note, as long as the courts hold, he will be sued in perpetuity, or until he's dead at least. That gives me a modest amount of enjoyment! Is that wrong?
ancianita
(36,011 posts)bmichaelh
(380 posts)Trump is not interested in doing the job as president.
Never was.
He is more interested in the temporary immunity if provides against federal prosecution.
DOJ should amend its rules that prevent them from federal prosecuting a sitting president.
Then he will use the 'excuse' he is too busy being president to sit for civil and state cases.
ancianita
(36,011 posts)ShazzieB
(16,350 posts)It does seem like it would be an uphill battle, at best, for him to win the presidency again, after losing in 2020 and everything that's happened since then.
Yes, he does still have some dedicated cultists, but how many really dedicated ones are there at this point, really? I don't think we know, but there are many signs that their numbers have dwindled considerably.
I know some will point out that nobody thought he could win in 2016, but look what happened. To that, I say, 2016 was then, and this is now. Yes, he pulled one over on us back then, but it does not automatically follow that he could therefore do it again in 2024. In fact, I'm going to goo out on a limb and say that I don't think he can.
ancianita
(36,011 posts)even if half of the 7 million who voted Biden vote for Biden again.
onetexan
(13,033 posts)onetexan
(13,033 posts)NowsTheTime
(683 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,568 posts)Especially if he is under multiple indictments from multiple jurisdictions.
He could be gagged from talking about the cases, including on social media.
He could be barred from communicating or associating with any number of co-conspirators, including, but not limited to Rudy, Meadows, Perry, and many, many others.
Any violation of his pre trial conditions would be cause for him to be taken into custody until trial.
You know who wont be gagged? Ron DeSantis and any other Republicans competing for the nomination, as well as the Dems and the media.
While others fret about the delays and obstacles Trump will try to use, I look forward to the contortions he will have go through to comply with his pre-trial conditions, and the revelation of which Republicans and RW pundits are truly loyal, and which ones will drop him like the flaming bag of dog shit that he is.
Justice matters.
(6,925 posts)And weak aG will be scared of the danger of spilling innocent blood (I understand that, I'm scared too) and close all investigations.
Once elected by the EC after claiming victory over the "evil" democrat communists (his words) he will issue EOs and rule by fiat to nullify Congress. AR-15 firing squads and gallows galore will follow, and the Senators who voted to remove him better find safe spots to hide in...
Fiendish Thingy
(15,568 posts)Imagination is a good thing sometimes.
Wuddles440
(1,121 posts)I would expect nothing less from Traitor Don during the first 30 days of his revenge tour (aka reign of terror). It's the ugly reality of our current state and not some idyllic, dream world.
ShazzieB
(16,350 posts)Personally, I don't think he has it in him to win another election. Even if I did, I'd say it's quite premature to make a lot of hard and fast assumptions about what would happen after that.
He is a weak, weak man at this point. Yes, he has extremists who would do almost anything for him, but I don't think there are nearly as many as some seem to assume. The fact is, at this point in time he is a loser, and he is WEAK.
cstanleytech
(26,276 posts)he will flee the country.
Chainfire
(17,519 posts)An indictment without a quick trial and conviction would benefit Trum by making him a martyr. That is why the clock is running out and why some of us are so damn impatient for a quick indictment. It may also be why things are moving slowly...
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SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)I only care what happens at the DOJ.
jmowreader
(50,546 posts)that one of Trumps reasons why you shouldnt vote for Hillary is she might get indicted.
everyonematters
(3,433 posts)He will become the Republican nominee whether he is in jail or not.
republianmushroom
(13,558 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,582 posts)bringthePaine
(1,727 posts)republianmushroom
(13,558 posts)myohmy2
(3,152 posts)...we've been waiting for justice and now they're well on their way to a 2nd overthrow...
...what's wrong...?
...
mwb970
(11,356 posts)It will be difficult for them to realize what it was like having this awful person shoved into our faces for year after year after YEAR and being absolutely unable to ever hold him accountable for any (ANY!) of his endless list of crimes and dastardly acts. Well let me tell them, it is MADDENING.
Botany
(70,481 posts)Last edited Sun Mar 5, 2023, 03:43 PM - Edit history (1)
... in Georgia is going to indict him.
And for the love of Dog make it happen now
newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)he won't. Maybe even told so.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)I'm not assailing DOJ or Merrick Garland or due process or any of the above. I'm not insinuating incompetence or delay.
What Trump just said is exactly what has struck fear in me since the day he slithered out of Washington. That the depth and breadth of his crime spree was simply too much for the system to handle WITHIN A TIGHT TIMELINE and he'd be back to terrorize America for what would likely be the last time. Because there won't be an America if that happens.
Hyperbole? Absolutely. But isn't everything about Trump written in bold print?
msfiddlestix
(7,272 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)He can't be trusted.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...would not end it... Of course it wouldn't. I rather think he's counting on it for free publicity.
lastlib
(23,194 posts)The FOOL* can be the first since Lyndon LaRouche to campaign from a cell.
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*FOOL: Former Office-Occupying Liar.
ShazzieB
(16,350 posts)I like that! Furthermore, I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Donald Trump is a LOSER.
LOSER: Lying Office Seeker who should be Expecting Rejection
louis-t
(23,284 posts)And he knows it will be his final battle.
mpcamb
(2,870 posts)SuperCoder
(300 posts)Why is this son of a bitch allowed to even be free? Arrest the m*f and throw away the keys.
All the evidence is there. God.