Republican presidential candidate tells Newsmax: Trump is 'going to jail for a long time'

In a panel discussion on Newsmax, former Cranston, R.I., Mayor Steve Laffey, one of the first GOP presidential candidates to announce a 2024 bid, let loose on former President Donald Trump.

The discussion was about Trump's recording, in which he says he didn't declassify a set of documents he had and was showing to others. It made it clear that he understood he didn't declassify the information and that he "should" have before leaving the presidency.

"It's damning," Laffey said of the tape. "I was the first person to run against Donald Trump. I was the first to say he needs to get out of the race. And I think he's going to jail for a long time. He needs to get out of the race so the country can now get to normal things like trying to figure out how to put back the middle class.'

He went on to say that Trump's reactions to the ordeal have further exposed "his narcissism."

Laffey also has questions about the staff that was with him, laughing about the secret documents and getting the cokes at the end.

"My party and the reaction from other people running for president is bizarre," he continued. "They want to pardon him. They have — you know, Trump has called [special counsel] Jack Smith deranged. Jack Smith is anything but deranged. He just came back from the Hague. He's put murderers in jail. I would not want to face the guy."

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