The DOJ and FBI have been attacked by Trump.
People in his inner circle warn that he could soon be charged with a crime.
A lawyer who knows Trumpworld thinks he will be indicted.
Insider has learned that people who have been close to the former president believe he could be in serious legal trouble.
A lawyer for the Trump team said in an interview that the ex-president is a big believer in the public relations assault, but that he could soon face criminal charges.
The lawyer said that he should be concerned about all the investigations. I think he's going to be indicted by all of them.
Trump is being investigated by a number of state and federal authorities. The Espionage Act is one of three federal laws the Justice Department is looking into if Trump broke when he moved government records to Mar-a-Lago.
A number of former top White House officials have been subpoenaed as part of the criminal investigation into the events surrounding the Capitol riot. The National Archives was subpoenaed by prosecutors to turn over all the White House records.
In Georgia, the Fulton County district attorney's office is looking into whether Trump and his allies broke the law in their attempt to overturn the election of Joe Biden. The Manhattan district attorney's office secured a plea deal with Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, who this week pleaded guilty to more than a dozen felonies.
The New York attorney general's civil investigation into Trump's business practices should be uppermost in the president's mind according to Alan Dershowitz.
He said that right now it's only civil. Civil can become criminal in the same way that Weisselberg became criminal.
Even if Trump is charged with a crime in one of the criminal investigations, he can still run for president in four years. He said that there is no way that he can be prevented from running.
There is nothing in the Constitution that would prevent someone from running for president if they are in prison for a crime. Eugene Debs was convicted of treason under the Espionage Act while he was running for president. Lyndon LaRouche ran for president in 1992.
If he's convicted for violating two of the three laws that DOJ has acknowledged it is investigating him over in connection to his removal of classified documents, Trump could theoretically launch a presidential campaign even if he's imprisoned.
If he is found guilty of violating one of those laws, he could be disqualified from holding office again.
Legal scholars told The New York Times that it's unlikely that Congress can overrule the Constitution's eligibility criteria for the presidency if Trump is found guilty of a Section 2071 violation.
The spokesman for Trump did not reply to the request for comment. The former president said on Truth Social that his lawyers will soon file a "major motion pertaining to the Fourth Amendment" related to the FBI's search.
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