JOE Biden will not allow presidential rival Donald Trump to be sent to prison even if he is convicted in his federal criminal trials, former White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci tells The US Sun.
The fiery tycoon is locked up in a New York courtroom as Americans prepare for their first presidential revenge since 1956.
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Trump is currently on trial over allegations that he falsified business records to cover up a secret payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
A verdict could be released in June — just months before Americans go to the polls in the general election.
Scaramucci, who served just 11 days as communications director in July 2017, told The US Sun he doesn’t think Trump will go to prison if convicted.
“Biden is not going to put Trump in prison,” he said.
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“If Trump is convicted and loses the election, Biden would likely commute that sentence. I don’t see the guy going to jail.
“They [His rivals] I just want them to stay out of the political environment.”
Biden and Trump exchanged jibes during the campaign.
But despite the disagreement, Scaramucci doesn’t believe Biden would arrest Trump.
This would contrast with Trump, who whipped his crowd into a frenzy before the 2016 presidential election when he urged the feds to arrest Hillary Clinton.
“They’re in a club,” Scaramucci said.
“They’re in the president’s club, man. They won’t put each other in prison. You just don’t do that here.
Scaramucci previously told The US Sun that he hopes Trump receives a commutation, rather than a pardon, if convicted.
He alluded to the fallout from the Watergate scandal.
Geraldo Ford granted his predecessor Richard Nixon a full and unconditional pardon.
Scaramucci noted that Ford’s decision was controversial but allowed the Americans to move forward.
“That ended the division at that time,” he added.
Scaramucci does not believe a scenario would materialize in which Biden would offer Trump a pardon or commutation in exchange for the Republican’s bombastic withdrawal from the presidential race.
The Manhattan trial is related to just one of the four charges Trump faces.
Donald Trump’s legal battles
Donald Trump is the first former president to be charged with state or federal crimes. He has been indicted four times and faces a range of charges. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is juggling court dates with rallies during the campaign. The US Sun analyzes the former president’s current legal battles.
New York Business Records
- Trump is accused of falsifying business records allegedly linked to $130,000 in secret payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
- The payment, executed by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, ensured that an embarrassing story would not be published before the 2016 presidential election.
- Trump could face up to four years in prison if convicted.
- Trump can only be pardoned by the governor of New York if he is convicted.
- The trial began on April 15 and is expected to last until May.
Classified Federal Documents
- Trump is accused of mishandling classified documents after leaving office and storing them at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
- He was also accused of obstructing federal agents as they tried to recover the documents.
- Trump is also accused of having shown the trove of files to people who were not supposed to see them.
- Trump faces a range of charges, including allegations that he violated the Espionage Act.
- Trump is also accused of engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- He faces 100 years in prison if convicted.
- The case is not expected to go to trial before the November election.
- If Trump wins, he could pardon himself or order the Justice Department to drop the charges because the case was brought at the federal level.
Federal Electoral Subversion
- In August 2023, the Department of Justice charged Trump with the events linked to the January 6 insurrection and the organization of false voter lists.
- Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights and obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.
- If convicted, Trump could face a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison.
- A trial date has not yet been decided, but it is unlikely that the case will go to trial before the November elections.
- The Supreme Court is considering arguments over whether Trump is immune from prosecution for some or all of his actions while in the White House.
Election interference in Georgia:
- Trump and 18 others have been accused of trying to change the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia by pressuring local officials and election workers.
- The district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, indicted Trump on racketeering charges in August 2023.
- He turned himself in to a Georgia prison and had his mugshot taken.
- A trial is not expected to take place before the November elections.
- Trump cannot pardon himself if convicted because the charges were brought at the state level.
- In Georgia, only a board appointed by the governor can approve pardons.
But Scaramucci warned that the case does not look good for Trump and said it could have an electoral impact.
“The case is terrible for Trump,” he said.
“He looks exhausted. The case is good for him when it comes to his base, but he is generally decreasing his support and losing independents.”
Trump can only receive a presidential pardon or commutation if he is convicted in the case of classified documents or in the case of federal election subversion.
Biden cannot pardon the former president or commute his sentence if he is convicted in the Georgia business records or election interference cases.
This is because the charges against Trump were issued at the state level.
Daniels’ testimony lasted more than six hours over two days as she recalled her first encounter with the mogul.
Reporters in the courtroom said Trump appeared angry when Daniels opened up about the alleged sexual encounter. Trump continues to deny that a sexual encounter took place.
While in court, Daniels was asked if she was being truthful about the former president.
She said she was telling the truth.
Daniels said in court that he last spoke to Trump in 2007 and didn’t really understand what he was being accused of.
Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has not yet commented. Legal analysts and commentators said his testimony could be a blockbuster.
Trump has said he would testify, but it is unclear whether he will testify.
Before Daniels’ testimony, Trump was in trouble with the judge overseeing the case, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.
Trump has already been fined $9,000 after violating a court gag order that prohibits him from speaking about witnesses, jurors, prosecutors and family members of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Earlier this week, Merchan threatened that Trump could be sent to prison if he repeatedly violated the gag order.
CASES ASSEMBLY
Last summer, Trump was indicted over allegations that he stored confidential documents at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida home.
Prosecutors allege the trove of files was stored in a ballroom, bathroom, office and storage room.
He faces a series of charges, including 32 counts of unlawful retention of national defense files.
He is also charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and concealing records.
The trial was initially scheduled for May 20, but Judge Aileen Cannon postponed it indefinitely this week.
Trump has also been indicted for his alleged role in leading to the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol.
A trial date has not yet been set, as Supreme Court justices are deciding whether a former president will have full immunity for actions he allegedly committed while in the White House.
The Supreme Court’s decision is expected in June.
That could mean a trial will begin in September or October, but legal experts say it is unlikely to be completed – if at all – before the election.
Georgia prosecutors have indicted him for attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.
Trump denies all accusations.
Despite the accusations, an average of searches carried out by Really clear policy put Trump ahead of Biden in terms of the national vote.
Trump also leads in the seven swing states, according to polls.
Biden’s presidential approval rating remains below the -17 level.
The Democrat’s approval ratings have not been in positive territory since August 2021, according to the RCP.
Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush had higher approval ratings at this stage of their respective presidencies.
And 65% of Americans, on average, believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Biden and Trump are expected to be their respective parties’ nominees for the November contest.
A presidential rematch has not been seen since Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson faced off in 1952 and 1956.
Eisenhower comprehensively defeated his opponent on both occasions.
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