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Fact Check: Trump Once Said a Candidate Under Federal Investigation 'Has No Right to Be Running.' Here's the Context

Alex Kasprak

Sat, June 1, 2024 at 8:00 AM CDT·3 min read

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Claim:

In November 2016, Donald Trump stated that a candidate under federal investigation "has no right to be running" and that it would be "virtually impossible" for a president under indictment to govern.

Rating:

Rating: Correct Attribution

Following former U.S. president Donald Trump's May 30, 2024, conviction on 34 felony counts of business fraud related to hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, renewed interest in this statement Trump allegedly made during his 2016 presidential campaign took hold:

"A candidate under federal investigation 'has no right to be running.' Further, it would be 'virtually impossible for (a president under indictment) to govern.'"

The text in question is an accurate paraphrase of statements made at two separate Trump rallies held in November 2016 — a Nov. 3 rally in North Carolina, and a Nov. 5 rally in Colorado. The statements made by Trump were in reference to the Oct. 28 revelation to Congress by then-FBI Director James Comey that his agency had reopened a criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton.

The phrasing at issue appears to stem from reporting by CNN's KFile. In July 2023, that team published a story unearthing multiple statements made by Trump following Comey's disclosure (emphasis ours):

On November 3, 2016, in Concord, North Carolina, Trump made similar comments. "If she were to win, it would create an unprecedented Constitutional crisis that would cripple the operations of our government," he said.

"She is likely to be under investigation for many years, and also it will probably end up – in my opinion – in a criminal trial. I mean, you take a look. Who knows? But it certainly looks that way." [...] "She has no right to be running, you know that," Trump said. "No right."

Trump added at a November 5, 2016, rally in Denver that as "the prime suspect in a far-reaching criminal investigation," Clinton's controversies would make it "virtually impossible for her to govern."

The paraphrased collection of statements is sometimes incorrectly cited as a direct quote. However, as displayed in the meme shown here, the portions within the quotation marks are statements Trump made in November 2016, and the paraphrased portions accurately reflect these statements' intent. As such, the claim is True.

Sources:

Chozick, Amy, and Patrick Healy. "'This Changes Everything': Donald Trump Exults as Hillary Clinton's Team Scrambles." The New York Times, 28 Oct. 2016. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html.

Speech: Donald Trump - Concord, NC - November 3, 2016. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-CuQGDneyY. Accessed 17 Jan. 2024.

Speech: Donald Trump in Denver, CO - November 5, 2016. www.youtube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm01YVyt4nY. Accessed 17 Jan. 2024.

"Trump's 91 Criminal Charges and Where They Stand." CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trumps-91-criminal-charges-and-where-they-stand/. Accessed 17 Jan. 2024.

Turner, Abby, and Andrew Kaczynski. "Trump Once Said a President under Felony Indictment Would Grind the Government to a Halt and Create a Constitutional Crisis | CNN Politics." CNN, 3 July 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/03/politics/kfile-trump-president-indictment-halt-government/index.html.

u/ultimis. Words of Advise from Trump. 16 Dec. 2023, https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/18juqov/words_of_advise_from_trump/.

[AURex 2,262]

Yep! Fact checked this and, as the OP made clear, it is absolutely true. Of course, as we all know, with Trump, response #1 is denial and response #2 is that doesn't apply to me because ...........

 

Edited June 3 by AURex

[DKW 86 7,914]

I know no one on Team Red is listening but…. Trump was right. Nothing has changed. Nothing. 

[AURex 2,262]

8 hours ago, DKW 86 said:

Nothing has changed. Nothing. 

Well, yes it has. The toe-suckers have become even more frenzied and fanatical, slobbering debasing toe suckers. And they are more convinced than ever that (1) the Supremes will install him as absolute ruler of the U.S., and (2) he will ascend to godhood and Mar-a-Lago will become the equivalent of the Pyramid of Giza when (IF) he ever dies.

 

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1 minute ago, AURex said:

Well, yes it has. The toe-suckers have become even more frenzied and fanatical, slobbering debasing toe suckers. And they are more convinced than ever that (1) the Supremes will install him as absolute ruler of the U.S., and (2) he will ascend to godhood and Mar-a-Lago will become the equivalent of the Pyramid of Giza when (IF) he ever dies.

 

i love this but i would substitute toe for butt crack...............wiggles eyebrows...........

[DKW 86 7,914]

10 hours ago, AURex said:

Well, yes it has. The toe-suckers have become even more frenzied and fanatical, slobbering debasing toe suckers. And they are more convinced than ever that (1) the Supremes will install him as absolute ruler of the U.S., and (2) he will ascend to godhood and Mar-a-Lago will become the equivalent of the Pyramid of Giza when (IF) he ever dies.

 

Man, you don’t have to hold back here. Tell us how you really feel. 

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1 hour ago, DKW 86 said:

Man, you don’t have to hold back here. Tell us how you really feel. 

You dunna want to go there david rex is actually a T-REX and he will eat get you buster.......grins