Democrats have ramped up their rhetoric toward President Trump in response to court filings in which prosecutors said Michael Cohen violated campaign finance laws at then-candidate Trump’s direction.
A trio of Democratic lawmakers on Sunday raised the possibility that the president could face an indictment upon his departure from office, while Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) argued that Trump is an “unindicted co-conspirator,” a term previously applied to former President Nixon.
“The president has now stepped into the same territory that ultimately led to President Nixon resigning the office. President Nixon was an unindicted co-conspirator, a — certainly a different set of facts,” Murphy said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“But this investigation is now starting to put the president in serious legal crosshairs, and he should be worried and the whole country should be worried,” he continued.
The term, which became high-profile in reference to Nixon in 1974, applies when an individual is named in reference to another crime without being indicted for that crime. Nixon, who resigned before he could be impeached, was never indicted. A number of legal experts have said the term applies to Trump, who is referenced without being named in Cohen’s confession and sentencing recommendation. – READ MORE