'Narcissist' Trump is desperate to 'fight back' against federal indictments: Ex-Trump lawyer
Former President Donald Trump is already facing federal charges for concealing highly classified national defense information at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida — but he has now received a target letter from special counsel Jack Smith signaling he is likely to face criminal charges in the federal investigation of the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
This will increase legal liability for him — but, argued former White House lawyer Ty Cobb on CNN's "OutFront," it doesn't change the picture of how he wants to lash out against his situation.
"So then, the bottom line is you've talked about the significance of the Mar-a-Lago documents case," said anchor Erin Burnett.
"Yes," confirmed Cobb.
"That if convicted — and I know there's questions on timing. Just put all that aside for a second — essentially for someone his age, a conviction there is a life sentence," said Burnett. "So he already is aware of that possibility. Do you think this indictment is more serious, more scary for him than anything else, or not?"
"I've got a convoluted answer, I'm sorry to say," said Cobb. "No, but only because of his narcissism. He sees any insult as equal to any other insult. These are all things that just taunt him, and he's ready to fight back on all fronts. It should concern him for, because it will be a legacy-defining decision, far greater than the Mar-a-Lago offenses. This is one of the great constitutional insults of our time. The country owes it to itself to reassert the rule of law and demonstrate that at least the vision of America is something we're willing to protect and hopefully hopefully deter this from ever happening again."
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