Former Trump White House Lawyer Warns ‘Biden Could Be in Danger of Retribution’ If Ex-President Wins in November
An attorney who worked in the White House during Donald Trump’s administration warned that if the former president wins November’s election, he may seek “retribution” against President Joe Biden.
Trump is under indictment in four jurisdictions, including the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia where Special Counsel Jack Smith is prosecuting Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The former president has cast the cases against him as politically motivated and designed to help Biden win reelection.
On Tuesday, a federal court rejected an argument from Trump’s attorneys stating that he should be immune from prosecution. Later in the day, CNN’s Erin Burnett asked former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb to weigh in on Trump’s post-ruling response.
“What about the argument… that Trump himself made today, saying that the decision would, ‘terribly injure the presidency and in fact the United States itself. All future presidents would be targets for political retribution. American democracy could be at risk.’ What’s your response to such sweeping terminology?” she asked.
Cobb responded:
Well, I do believe that if Trump is elected that President Biden could be in danger of retribution. But I don’t believe there’s a legal basis for it and I don’t think it would go very far. The 44 presidents that preceded President Trump did not waste a second, I think, debating whether they should commit an intentional criminal act. So, I don’t really buy that argument. History doesn’t suggest that it’s true.
Trump also claimed that the Supreme Court took away his immunity. That was immunity that is nowhere promised to anybody, and nobody since Nixon has believed that presidents are above criminal process. So, I think everything he said today – his rhetoric for his base, red meat – none of it’s true.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 91 criminal counts he faces. He is the runaway favorite to win the Republican nomination for president.
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