Donald Trump’s attorneys are now asking the judge to put his trial off until after the election to avoid election interference.
Donald Trump is a private citizen.
He is not the nominee of any political party.
He does not hold any public office.
Election for the office he now seeks is more than a year and three months away. Inauguration for the next presidential term is more than a year and a half away.
Trump is a guy who heard that prosecutors in New York, Georgia, Washington DC and likely additional venues, intended to bring criminal charges and is trying to use the excuse of being a candidate to avoid trial.
There is nothing in the Constitution or any statute that would prevent a criminal trial even for someone who is actually a sitting president, much less a guy who is not the president and has not even received an official nomination from a party.
Sports stars heading into world championships can’t claim that a potential criminal trial would interfere in their chances at a title, and guys positioning themselves to run for a future public office can’t claim that the “inconvenience” they caused by their crimes is sufficient reason to delay accountability they brought upon themselves.
As Luckovich’s excellent cartoon illustrates, using Trump’s absurd “logic,” anyone planning to commit a crime should just file papers to run for president right before they commit their crime.
Trump’s life of crime is about to catch up with him.
Donald Trump’s attorneys are now asking the judge to put his trial off until after the election to avoid election interference.
Donald Trump is a private citizen.
He is not the nominee of any political party.
He does not hold any public office.
Election for the office he now seeks is more than a year and three months away. Inauguration for the next presidential term is more than a year and a half away.
Trump is a guy who heard that prosecutors in New York, Georgia, Washington DC and likely additional venues, intended to bring criminal charges and is trying to use the excuse of being a candidate to avoid trial.
There is nothing in the Constitution or any statute that would prevent a criminal trial even for someone who is actually a sitting president, much less a guy who is not the president and has not even received an official nomination from a party.
Sports stars heading into world championships can’t claim that a potential criminal trial would interfere in their chances at a title, and guys positioning themselves to run for a future public office can’t claim that the “inconvenience” they caused by their crimes is sufficient reason to delay accountability they brought upon themselves.
As Luckovich’s excellent cartoon illustrates, using Trump’s absurd “logic,” anyone planning to commit a crime should just file papers to run for president right before they commit their crime.
Trump’s life of crime is about to catch up with him.
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.