{"id":1974468,"date":"2023-07-16T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamie-raskin-says-trump-is-using-2024-bid-as-a-shield-against-legal-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T13:31:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:31:42","slug":"jamie-raskin-says-trump-is-using-2024-bid-as-a-shield-against-legal-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamie-raskin-says-trump-is-using-2024-bid-as-a-shield-against-legal-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Raskin claims Trump uses 2024 bid to evade legal consequences."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjamie-raskin-says-trump-is-using-2024-bid-as-a-shield-against-legal-prosecution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump&#8217;s 2024\u200c Candidacy\u200b as a \u2063Shield Against\u200b Prosecution<\/h2>\n<p>During an \u200dinterview on Inside \u2064with\u2064 Jen\u200c Psaki \u2062Sunday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)\u2063 expressed\u200c his \u200bbelief that former President\u2064 Donald Trump is\u2062 using his\u2064 potential\u200d candidacy \u2063for \u200dthe 2024 presidential\u2062 election\u2064 as a \u200dmeans to protect himself from \u2064prosecution in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamie-raskin-says-trump-is-using-2024-bid-as-a-shield-against-legal-prosecution\/\" title=\"Jamie Raskin claims Trump uses 2024 bid to evade legal consequences.\">federal \u2062case involving classified \u2063documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I certainly \u2063believe that he&#8217;s trying\u2064 to \u200duse his candidacy and his \u200bcampaign as a\u200d shield\u200d against legal prosecution,&#8221; Raskin stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Raskin \u200backnowledged \u2064the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-no-to-two-republicans-on-the-jan-6-select-committee\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says No To Two Republicans On The Jan. 6 Select Committee\">unprecedented nature<\/a> of\u200c the situation, stating, &#8220;because nobody&#8217;s ever \u2063pushed \u2063the\u200c limits \u2062like this before,&#8221; it is difficult to predict the \u2064outcome of\u200b the case.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Trump was\u200d indicted\u200d on 37 felony \u2062charges,\u200b including \u200d31 counts \u2062of \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-ranking-air-force-officer-admits-to-taking-highly-sensitive-classified-material-storing-at-home-report\/\" title=\"High-Ranking Air Force Officer Admits To Taking Highly Sensitive Classified Material, Storing At Home: Report\">willful retention<\/a> \u200dof national defense\u200d information. He\u200b pleaded not \u2064guilty\u200b to these \u200bcharges.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to delay \u200bthe \u200btrial, Trump&#8217;s\u2063 lawyers, along with\u2063 long-time aide\u2064 Walt\u2063 Nauta, argued \u200bthat \u2062holding the \u200btrial\u200d during \u200ba \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-criminal-investigation-ramps-up-over-attempts-to-overturn-2020-election\/\" title=\"Intensified probe into election overturn attempts.\">presidential\u2063 election<\/a> would \u200cimpact both the election outcome\u2063 and \u2064the defendants&#8217; \u200bability \u2062to receive a fair trial. \u2063However, the\u2062 Justice Department \u200burged Judge \u2062Aileen Cannon\u2063 to proceed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-derek-chauvin-agreed-to-plea-bargain-but-trump-ag-william-barr-rejected-deal\/\" title=\"Report: Derek Chauvin Agreed To Plea Bargain But Trump AG William Barr Rejected Deal\">jury selection<\/a>, \u2063dismissing the request for \u200ca delay. \u2063Special counsel\u200d Jack\u200d Smith requested \u200bthat the \u200btrial\u200c begin \u2063on Dec. \u200b11, prior to the Republican \u200cpresidential primaries and \u2062the \u200c2024 \u2062general election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;No\u200b president has\u2063 ever\u200c been in\u2064 a\u2064 situation \u200dwhere he&#8217;s had to think about \u2062pardoning\u200b himself, \u2062much less essentially\u2063 promising to\u2063 pardon himself,&#8221; Raskin commented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Raskin \u2062emphasized \u200cthat Trump&#8217;s actions \u200dare pushing\u200c the legal system \u2062to its limits, forcing\u200b the\u200d evaluation\u200d of radical \u2062concepts\u200b that \u200bhave never been tested \u2063before. However, Raskin also \u2063noted that there is\u200d a strong \u200bargument \u2064against a\u2063 president&#8217;s\u200d ability \u2062to pardon himself.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click \u200chere<\/a> to visit\u2064 The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) suspects that former President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2024 presidential candidacy is a ploy to evade prosecution in his federal case involving classified documents. 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