Stephen Miller privately fears ‘prison cell’ awaits him despite Trump pardons: reports
Stephen Miller has privately voiced a fear that pardon power won't be enough to protect him once President Donald Trump leaves office.
A new Zeteo profile of the White House deputy chief of staff, highlighted Wednesday by emptywheel's Marcy Wheeler, reported that Miller has told people he believes local and state prosecutors are out to put him in a "prison cell." As Zeteo pointed out, a federal pardon doesn't shut down state or local prosecutions the way it would a federal case.
Miller's worries reportedly go beyond criminal charges. According to Zeteo, he has also talked about civil lawsuits and congressional investigations, and he has expressed concern that a future Democratic administration could look for creative ways around Trump's clemency. He has also complained that the left will use "lawfare" to drain him and his wife, podcaster and former Trump official Katie Miller, financially for years to come....