US EditionTrump once said a president under felony indictment would grind the government to a halt and create a constitutional crisis
- Former President Donald Trump warned in 2016 that having a president under indictment would cripple the government and create a constitutional crisis, but he now finds himself in that exact situation with federal charges against him.
- Trump stated during his campaign that if Hillary Clinton were to win, it would lead to a constitutional crisis and her likely criminal trial would make it impossible for her to govern. He now faces similar challenges as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
- Despite being indicted on federal charges, Trump is not disqualified from running for president and has stated that he will not leave the race even if convicted.
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Trump said president under indictment would create ‘constitutional crisis’
Former president made comments in 2016 days before election he won, and predicted Hillary Clinton would face criminal trialThe election of a president under indictment and facing criminal trial would “create an unprecedented constitutional crisis” and “cripple the operations of government”, Donald Trump said.But the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, who faces 71 criminal counts in state and federal cases and is expected to …
Trump once said a president under felony indictment would grind the government to a halt and create a constitutional crisis
By Andrew Kaczynski and Abby Turner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in 2016 that a president under indictment would “cripple the operations of our government” and create an “unprecedented constitutional crisis” – years before he himself was indicted on federal charges while running for a second term as president. Trump made the comments nearly seven years ago about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. “We co…
Did former President Donald Trump contradict himself? In 2016, the former Republican president said that Hilary Clinton could not be president if she was under federal impeachment, and that she had no right to run as a presidential candidate. Now, he's in exactly the same position, because he was charged with 37 federal charges and he still wants to get to the White House in 2024
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