Former president, private citizen and, perhaps, criminal defendant: Donald Trump's new reality
By George T. Conway III
The question came out of the blue and has haunted me ever since. It was Jan. 17, 2017, three days before Donald Trumps swearing-in, and my wife and I sat with him in the near-empty main cabin aboard the Trump Organizations Boeing 757 en route to Washington for a pre-inaugural gala.
So, asked the president-elect: Should he retain or fire Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York? I gave what I thought was an obvious, anodyne answer: All other things being equal, its better to have your own people in place. Within two months, Bharara was gone.
To the charge of naivete that night, I plead guilty: I didnt consider then that Trump might have had his personal legal interests in mind. But it is impossible to escape the self-interested intent behind his question. From the earliest days of his administration, it became painfully apparent that in all matters including affairs of state Trumps personal well-being took top priority. Four years and two impeachments later, he has managed to avoid the full consequences of his conduct.
But now that run of legal good fortune may end. Trump departed the White House a possible many would say probable, provable criminal, one who has left a sordid trail of potential and actual misconduct that remains to be fully investigated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/trump-lawsuits-george-conway/
onecaliberal
(32,813 posts)Stuart G
(38,414 posts)She & her team will get him. Add that one word,...former..6 letters.......................................
& he is lost in the ocean on a small rowboat. ................................................................................
............................ No compass, no food, no idea where he is, and no one coming to help him............
...Why no one coming to help him?...].Would Donald Trump help anyone in trouble?.....
................NO............AND THAT IS THE ANSWER THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS!!!!!........
badboy67
(460 posts)in his crying "Witch Hunt!" mode through any media outlet that will have him. What he won't do is call for violence to fight his prosecutions.