What Donald Trump inadvertently reveals in his response to the New York grand jury news. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
bar to charging people for the same conduct on both the state and federal levels, so it’s arguably beside the point., the federal/state distinction may become relevant. That is, to the extent that the basis for making the hush money case a felony hinges on a violation of state — as opposed to federal — election law, a novel legal theory that Trump would likely challenge in court. Of course, New York charges wouldn’t necessarily be limited to the hush money allegations.
The other point I’ll note from Trump’s reaction is his claim that the statute of limitations has expired. Consider, for a moment, the pitiful fact that a former and potential future president thinks he can run out the clock to avoid criminal charges. But legally speaking, Trump’s claim runs into a problem that my MSNBC colleague Lisa Rubin has explained inThat’s all to say, as my MSNBC colleagueabout Trump’s latest musings: “The anxious tone of the messages was unsubtle.
With the possibility of looming charges in New York — saying nothing of Georgia and federally — that worry appears to be well earned.Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and is the author of the forthcoming book “Bizarro” about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
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