Trump Pressures Republicans to Pass a Law to Keep Him Out of Jail Forever
The former president is convinced state prosecutors will target him again after a second term, and wants the GOP to solve that problem for him
To avoid such risks, the former and perhaps future president of the United States wants Congress to create a very specific insurance policy that would help keep him out of prison forever, two sources familiar with the matter tell
Rolling Stone. Trump
vaguely alluded to this idea last week outside his New York criminal hush money trial, when he said he has urged Republican lawmakers to pass “laws to stop things like this.”
In recent months, the sources say, Trump has spoken to several GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, attorneys, and other associates about the possibility of
Republicans passing legislation in a second Trump term that would shield former presidents (i.e. Trump) from non-federal prosecutions. In recent conversations with closely-aligned lawmakers, Trump has pressured them to do so, describing it as imperative that he signs such a bill into law, if he again ascends to the Oval Office.
The former president is convinced state prosecutors will target him again after a second term, and wants the GOP to solve that problem for him.
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