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Originally Posted by zeek
Last night Trump's attorney Giuliani didn't rule out the possibility that members of the Trump campaign or administration colluded with Russia. Anybody and everybody can be thrown under the bus to save Trump. He's only defending Trump. Remember when Nixon took the step of admitting that a crime had been committed by his campaign but cliaming he knew nothing about it? It was the beginning of the end. That's where Trump is now. What about Trump's children? Are they expendible too? We'll soon see.
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That only flies while he is in office, once he is out he is fair game. The only leverage he has right now is to get a pardon from Pence and that is only if the trial is concluded in the next two years.
He can throw these people under the bus, get them convicted, and then pardon them. But if he does that his trial will go into the next term. One theoretical option is to negotiate for his children in exchange for resigning, and then have Pence pardon him. But Mueller and the Justice dept will have to agree.