Former US Attorney General Glenn Kirshner said former President Donald Trump would "fold like a house of cards" to avoid jail time if he was indicted in the ongoing criminal investigation against him.
Brian Tyler Cohen, host of The Legal Breakdown , asked Kirsner on Saturday if he thought Trump would be indicted in some cases if indicted in the Georgia election investigation.
"I'd like to think the Department of Justice (DOJ) has the backbone [and] the courage and determination to press charges against the former president and his criminal associates," Kirsner replied. .
The former US attorney and MSNBC legal analyst hopes the Justice Department won't have to take the first step to indict Fulton County District Attorney Fanny Willis, who is investigating Georgia, before it can go ahead and prosecute her. In other cases.
Trump and several of his aides are being investigated for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. On Tuesday, Willis asked Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney not to release the findings of a grand jury that had spent months hearing the case.
Willis asked judges to exercise caution "to protect the rights of potential defendants" in the ongoing criminal investigation. He added that a judgment on criminal charges was "inevitable" but did not name them.
Kirchner said Saturday that the accusations leveled against the former president in the Georgia election probe would "prompt" and "prompt" the Justice Department to escalate its action "faster" and move toward prosecution a little more quickly.
"I think the prosecutors investigating Donald Trump are going to need all the help they can get, both legal and atmospheric, so I think when one charge is dropped and the others start to fall, Donald, sees Trump's trump card. The paper folds like a house. And I think he's going to be desperate to make a deal to reduce his exposure so he goes to jail," the former US attorney added.
At Thursday's The Legal Breakdown , Kirsner announced that Trump could be tried "within a year" if he is indicted in the Georgia election probe.
“If you go back to the indictment and understand after Donald Trump was found guilty and convicted on the charge, [and]… read the charge against him from the grand jury, we probably would. You set your trial date from six months to a year, but lawyers keep trying to put motions forward to move it further and further,” he said.
Trump, who maintains his innocence, is under investigation in other criminal investigations, including his alleged involvement in January and handling of classified documents that FBI agents seized at his Mar-a-Lago residence last August. On January 6, 2021, Joe Biden rioted on Capitol Hill when his supporters stormed the United States Capitol building to block his Electoral College certification.
Newsweek reached out to Trump's press office for comment.
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