Jill Wine-Banks, who was a prosecutor within the Watergate scandal that took down President Richard M. Nixon, predicted that Donald Trump was about to face the music himself within the labeled paperwork scandal now on the coronary heart of a federal investigation.
“The case is so sturdy. You can not think about his getting away with this,” she stated on MSNBC on Sunday. “I’m sporting a toast pin at present as a result of I believe he’s toast.”
Wine-Banks spoke amid experiences the federal grand jury within the case is predicted to fulfill once more this week for the primary time in a month, days after experiences that federal investigators obtained audio of the previous president admitting he had labeled paperwork in his possession.
He additionally reportedly acknowledged within the recording that these paperwork had not been declassified.
Wine-Banks stated she believes the grand jury had already heard this recording ― and predicted that it could be very damaging for Trump.
“There’s nothing as compelling as listening to a defendant in a felony case say phrases that present his criminality,” she stated. “And these phrases definitely present that he knew that he hadn’t declassified paperwork that he nonetheless retained.”
She stated Trump’s solely actual play can be the declare he was mendacity on the tape ― however stated that most likely wouldn’t fly given all the opposite proof in opposition to the previous president.
See extra of her dialogue on MSNBC beneath: