When it's my turn to speak I just pull out my tape recorder and play Trump's own words
The election of a president under indictment and facing criminal trial would “create an unprecedented constitutional crisis” and “cripple the operations of government”,
Donald Trump said.
But the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, who faces 71 criminal counts in state and federal cases and is expected to face more, was not speaking about himself – or speaking this year.
Trump was speaking on 3 November 2016,
at a rally in North Carolina during his first presidential campaign, against Hillary Clinton.
“She is likely to be under investigation for many years,” Trump said, “and also it will probably end up – in my opinion – in a criminal trial. I mean, you take a look. Who knows? But it certainly looks that way.”
Seven years later, Trump has become the first former president ever indicted – and he has been indicted twice.
In New York, he faced
34 counts regarding hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during that 2016 race.ALREADY GUILTY
In New York, his trial is set to begin in
late March. In the federal case, a judge in Florida has said a trial could begin
as soon as 14 August.
What about Georgia?
Nevada: “We could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial. It would grind government to a halt.”
The same day,
CNN said, Trump
told rally-goers in Denver, Colorado, that because Clinton was “the prime suspect in a far-reaching criminal investigation”, it would be “virtually impossible for her to govern”.