Should Donald Trump fail a second time to be re-elected he faces the very real possibility of jail time and massive financial penalties due to the sheer volume of criminal cases and civil lawsuits that are on hold until after the election. That is the opinion of Syracuse University law professor ...

Should Donald Trump fail a second time to be re-elected he faces the very real possibility of jail time and massive financial penalties due to the sheer volume of criminal cases and civil lawsuits that are on hold until after the election.

That is the opinion of Syracuse University law professor Greg Germain who explained in an interview with Newsweek that the former president’s only path to get out from under the federal cases he now faces is to beat Vice President Kamala Harris in less than two weeks and then push the Department of Justice to drop the cases filed against him.

As Germain stated, the multiple federal cases Trump is facing are solid and his only path to victory may be having them shut down.

Newsweek source: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-legal-cases-georgia-washington-florida-new-york-stormy-daniels-chutkan-cannon-1974406

  • @Buffalox@lemmy.world
    17•29 days ago

    No that’s a false narrative, the criminal cases are based on public prosecutors running them.
    What you are claiming is for civil suits, of which a couple have been settled, despite obstruction attempts by Trump.
    If it gets to a point where a politician can ask public prosecutors to put opponents in jail, USA has long ceased to be a democracy.

    Trump is already a convicted criminal, and cannot vote in several states, still he can run for president, and enjoy privileged treatment.
    Where an ordinary person voting because she was told she could, got 5 years prison for voter fraud!