Trump official says president 'worried' the statute of limitations can't save him

Former White House press secretary Sarah Matthews says she believes a recent report claiming President Donald Trump and the White House are coaching staff on how to stonewall investigations from an inevitable Democratic Congress after November.

“They see the writing on the wall,” Matthews told a panel at MS NOW’s “The Weeknight.” “They know that the midterms are going to be brutal for them. … [W]ith these midterms coming up, voters feel a lot of buyer's remorse. They feel like they've been bamboozled by this administration. Everything that Trump said he was going to do on the campaign trail, whether that was bring down prices or be the peace candidate, he's done the complete opposite of it.”

“I think there's a very good chance that we could see both chambers flip, and that means trouble for the Trump administration, because they are going to now face accountability for the first time, which obviously we have not seen them face with Republicans in Congress,” Matthews continued. “I mean, Trump knows that he's been able to have them in the palm of his hand with Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump has even called himself, effectively, the Speaker of the House, because he knows that they are just completely worthless and not doing anything. And so I think that they're worried.”

Matthews added there are endless items for which Democrats can investigate the president, whether it is allegations of corruption with lucrative deals and contracts awarded to Trump family members or the handling of the Epstein files and the administration’s failure to investigate or prosecute “a single person in the files.”

“There is a plethora of things that Democrats could go after for investigations. So, it makes sense that White House lawyers are talking to these folks and trying to prepare them for this, because I think that this is going to be their reality when we have a new Congress.”

Matthews added that there were sure to be “loyalists who will refuse to cooperate,” and who are already digging for loopholes, but she warned loyalists’ legal jeopardy is not over once Trump is out of the White House.

“The thing is that even when Trump leaves office, that doesn't mean that accountability is over. There still is a real possibility that he could face — and all the other Trump administration officials — could face accountability after the fact. The statute of limitations will not expire when he leaves office and they can only get away with it for so long.”

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