Trump's Path to 2024

'I'LL NEVER LEAVE': Don Defiant, Says He'll Run Even if Convicted [DETAILS]

posted by Hannity Staff - 6.12.23

In an exclusive interview with Politico, former President and 2024 frontrunner Donald Trump says he won’t leave the race for the White House —even if he is convicted of a crime.

“I’ll never leave,” Trump tells the lefty outlet. “Look, if I would have left, I would have left prior to the original race in 2016. That was a rough one. In theory that was not doable.”

From Politico:

Trump is not legally prohibited from running for president from prison or as a convicted felon. But such a bid would nevertheless provide a massive stress test for the country’s political and legal systems.

The former president leveled harsh criticisms at special counsel Jack Smith and argued that the case against him was politically motivated and flimsy. “These are thugs and degenerates who are after me,” he said.

Trump predicted he would not be convicted and said he did not anticipate taking a plea deal, though he left open the possibility of doing so “where they pay me some damages.”

He sidestepped the possibility that he would pardon himself should he win the presidency in 2024. “I don’t think I’ll ever have to,” Trump said. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

While Trump said campaign fundraising had skyrocketed since the indictment was issued, he conceded it was an unwelcome development.

“Nobody wants to be indicted,” said Trump. “I don’t care that my poll numbers went up by a lot. I don’t want to be indicted. I’ve never been indicted. I went through my whole life, now I get indicted every two months. It’s been political.”

Trump is currently the frontrunner for the GOP nomination —news of the indictments haven’t negatively impacted his numbers like democrats had hoped.

More over at Politico: