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   Donald Trump Worried About Jail Time: Ex-Aide   
      
      
   Donald Trump Worried About Jail Time: Ex-Aide   
      
      
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   Alyssa Farah Griffin, former staffer in the administration of ex-President   
   Donald Trump, suggested on Tuesday that her onetime boss "honestly is   
   worried that he will end up in jail."   
      
   Trump is the leading candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination as   
   he seeks to retake the White House, but also faces four criminal   
   indictments at the federal and state level, with a total of 91 criminal   
   charges. While Trump has pleaded not guilty to all of these charges and   
   accused prosecutors of attempting to harm his political prospects, polls   
   have suggested that a conviction on even just one of them could see   
   potential voters shift away from supporting him in large numbers.   
      
   During a CNN appearance on Tuesday, Griffin discussed the fear of these   
   criminal cases that she believes is driving Trump. Griffin served in   
   various roles during her time in the Trump administration, including   
   director of strategic communications, but has emerged as a prominent critic   
   of her former boss' conduct since leaving the White House in late 2020.   
      
   During her appearance, the former aide claimed that Trump fears Department   
   of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith "in a big way" and is genuinely   
   afraid of ending up in jail. Her comments came in response to Trump's   
   recent Christmas Day social media post in which he said of Smith and others   
   aligned against him, "may they rot in hell."   
   griffin trump jail comments   
   Former Trump White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin is pictured. Griffin   
   on Tuesday said that ex-President Donald Trump is "honestly" concerned   
   about the prospect of going to jail. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images   
      
   "It's kind of vintage Donald Trump," Griffin said. "He is known for these   
   kinds of unhinged holiday rants and then he follows up with a clip of him   
   on Home Alone II. Listen, it shows that Jack Smith lives in his head in a   
   very big way. He is very concerned about the DOJ investigation into the   
   events around January 6th. This is the driving force behind his political   
   campaign."   
      
      
   She continued: "As much as his campaign advisers would want it to be the   
   economy, jobs, foreign policy, he keeps going back to the fact that he   
   honestly is worried that he will end up in jail. He needs to get elected   
   president to pardon himself. So kind of his true colors are showing when he   
   makes it all about Jack Smith and then puts a bow on it with the old 'rot   
   in hell' at the end."   
      
      
   In the past, Trump has pledged that he will continue to campaign from   
   prison if convicted of any charges. While the former president can be   
   barred from seeking elected office by courts or Congress if they determine   
   that he has engaged in insurrection, he would be allowed under law to   
   continue seeking the presidency from jail if found guilty of other criminal   
   charges   
      
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