COMMENTARY: Why Trump Is So Desperate to Stay in the White House – By Michael D. Cohen & Lanny J. Davis (Real Clear Politics) / Dec 23 2020
There is a reason Donald Trump seems so desperate to hang on to his position as president of the United States. Over the weekend he reportedly talked with attorney Sidney Powell and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about trying to impose martial law in states he lost in order to hold new elections in the hopes that he could remain president. (Fortunately, the U.S. Army issued a statement publicly challenging the commander-in-chief.)
The reason for Trump’s seemingly erratic behavior is obvious, at least to us: Donald Trump knows that he may be arrested not long after Joe Biden is sworn in at about noon on Jan. 20, 2021.
Even if Trump attempts to pardon himself for any federal crimes, which is not clearly allowed under the Constitution, that won’t save him from criminal prosecution under New York state laws. Recent news reports indicate that the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. (pictured) has a grand jury investigating Trump and perhaps others in the Trump Organization.
The two us, both lawyers, worked together to be sure the Manhattan DA had all the documents that informed Michael Cohen’s Feb. 27, 2019, public testimony and opening statement before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Tens of millions of Americans and millions more abroad saw those documents on TV during the testimony.
