“If we lose the midterms, and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.”
That was former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, speaking at a conservative event last year. But is he right? When Donald Trump eventually leaves power, will his allies walk free, or face a legal reckoning? And can presidential immunity shield him forever?
The answer, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance tells Zeteo’s John Harwood, is complicated.
Watch the full video above to hear Vance break down who could realistically face prosecution for some of the Trump administration’s most serious crimes: from Pete Hegseth’s military strikes on boats in the Caribbean, to the ICE and DHS killings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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