Following his historic federal indictment, a former prosecutor has claimed that Donald Trump will spend probably the rest of his life in prison.
Former US Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner has predicted that Trump will probably be found guilty on all 37 charges against him and might even spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Former Prosecutor Predicts Donald Trump Lifetime Incarceration
Trump, 76, is accused of mishandling secret documents and is also accused of impeding justice, making false statements, and keeping confidential information.
In an interview with Dean Obeidallah, Mr. Kirschner said, “I think [special counsel Jack Smith] will do everything he can to find Donald Trump guilty and urge the judge to condemn him to prison, possibly for the rest of his life.”
The former prosecutor claims that there needs to be a real deterrent for others who are considering endangering national security by mishandling secret information and that Trump will likely be sentenced to jail time.
According to Mr. Kirschner, the alleged improper management of information pertaining to national defense was the basis for the espionage indictment.
He claimed that if Donald Trump is not imprisoned after being found guilty, the entire criminal investigation, indictment, and trial will have no deterrent impact.
As a result, Mr. Kirschner forecast that Donald Trump will be found guilty and highlighted the fact that, for instance, a sentence of home confinement would not function as a punishment.
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William Barr Warns Of Trump’s Potential Downfall
Meanwhile, former US attorney-general William Barr says Donald Trump is toast if allegations that he wilfully retained hundreds of highly classified documents are proven true under Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 37-count indictment against the former president.
The indictment alleged Mr Trump — who is the current Republican front-runner in the 2024 White House race — held documents about military secrets and the US nuclear program after leaving the White House in early 2021.
At his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida and his golf club in New Jersey, Mr. Trump allegedly kept data from national intelligence agencies, according to the indictment.
Mr. Barr, who was Mr. Trump’s attorney general from February 2019 until December 2020, justified Mr. Smith’s indictment on Sunday.
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