On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president in 2024. Isn’t this wildly early, you might ask? Yes, yes, it is—it’s the earliest presidential candidacy declaration for a non-incumbent major candidate in modern history.
The rushed nature of Trump’s announcement—coming also before we even know the final outcome of last week’s midterms—has raised speculation that Trump is announcing his bid only as a way to avoid prosecution. Indeed, there’s
been reporting for months that Trump would try to use a candidacy to deter an indictment by the Department of Justice in the Mar-a-Lago case and other cases, hoping that Attorney General Merrick Garland would find such a prosecution too politically toxic and essentially give Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card.
This early announcement is not the get-out-of-jail-free card Trump thinks.
slate.com
Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes
When Donald Trump formally declares he's running for president in 2024, he’ll also be running away from legal troubles and criminal charges
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