According to one former federal prosecutor, it is highly likely that the days of freedom for former President Donald Trump are numbered.
“I think the odds of a conviction are extremely high,” Glenn Kirschner told Sky News Monday.
According to court records, the 45th president has been accused in four criminal cases and is facing a total of 91 counts that could deliver more than seven centuries in prison.
Kirschner believes that the weight of the evidence, particularly from those expected to testify as witnesses, is “almost exclusively Republicans,” including some who served as Trump’s former cabinet members such as former Attorney General Bill Barr and former Vice President Mike Pence.
It is noted that having Republican witnesses testify may make it more challenging for Trump to claim that the legal proceedings are politically motivated.
“I believe the testimony we will see will come from a chorus of Republican voices,” he said. “It makes it much more difficult for Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, to say ‘they’re all out to get me’.”
If convicted for attempting to undermine the 2020 election and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden, Trump could potentially face a significant sentence.
“I believe the judge and prosecution team understand that if you don’t punish that dramatic wrongdoing,” Kirschner said, “then you’re giving the next aspiring dictator a green light to do it all over again.”
Trump is facing conspiracy charges from both state and federal governments due to suspected attempts to subvert the election defeat.
He has pleaded not guilty.
Despite facing legal troubles, Trump is thriving as the frontrunner in the race to reclaim the GOP presidential nomination.
However, if Trump were to be convicted, a quarter of his own supporters believe that he should be removed as the Republican Party’s nominee, as per a New York Times/Siena College poll.
