Note from Elie: An Indictment (or Two) Won't End Trump's 2024 White House Bid
The Counsel
Vox Media Podcast Network
4.7 • 861 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 1:23.4 | There is a common and persistent misconception that some prosecutor or other is going to finally put an end to Donald Trump's political career. |
| 1:32.5 | Jack Smith or Fannie Willis or Merrick Garland or Robert Mueller Cy Vance, or Alvin Bragg, or Leticia James, will indict and take him out. |
| 1:35.1 | The first part of that may well become reality, particularly with respect to Smith and Willis, |
| 1:40.6 | both of whom now seem to be moving inexorably towards indictment of the former president. |
| 1:45.7 | But even if some prosecutor finally charges Trump, that will not end his political career or his run for |
| 1:53.3 | the presidency in 2024. In fact, our constitutional system offers surprisingly few pathways |
| 2:00.7 | to prevent a person who's been |
| 2:02.4 | indicted or even convicted or imprisoned from running for and holding high office. |
| 2:08.1 | And the best opportunities to legally prevent Trump from retaking the Oval Office have already |
| 2:13.4 | passed. |
| 2:14.6 | The biggest whiff happened in early 2021 when the Senate acquitted Trump at his second |
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