It is possible that the indicted former US president will sacrifice his future candidacy in order to avoid being behind bars.
According to some, former President Donald Trump may take a plea deal to avoid prison time, which would prevent him from running for president again.
The theory, which is only a guess for now, was voiced in a program on the American television channel MSNBC, which was viewed by the American news site Breitbart. According to the presenter, if the case is as strong as it seems based on the indictment, the former president could face a serious prison sentence based on the Espionage Act. But he could avoid this if he took a plea deal like Vice President Agnew Spiro did in the 1970s.
Spiro was Richard Nixon's vice president, but, unlike his "boss", his loss was not caused by the Watergate scandal, but by a corruption case in 1973. Since Nixon's seat was already in great flux and they did not want Spiro to possibly take his place as vice president-elect, they offered him a deal in which he had to resign from the vice presidency but avoid prison time. This is how Gerald Ford became the President of the United States after Nixon's resignation.
Such a deal could be a jackpot for the Democrats, as Trump could be the strongest challenger to the future Democratic candidate (most likely the current president, Joe Biden) in next year's presidential election. Ongoing procedures will not affect your launch.
The former president pleaded not guilty to the 37 charges brought against him, and described the indictment as a "witch hunt".
According to the American star lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, the charges against Trump, although serious, fall short of those brought against President Richard Nixon and former Secretary of State and then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In the latter case, the Justice Department did not investigate despite evidence that Clinton destroyed classified information.
A self-proclaimed liberal, Dershowitz represented Trump in his second impeachment trial, but voted against the former president, twice. In an interview with the Australian edition of Sky News in April, he called the other indictment against Trump, related to the hush money, an extreme example of the politicization of the justice system.
