Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said the former president should drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
"I think the charge that seems most likely—it seems almost a slam dunk—is the one related to the mishandling of classified documents," he said.
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on June 14. Cassidy on Sunday said he believes the Department of Justice's case into classified documents found at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property is"almost a slam dunk" for federal prosecutors.
Cassidy said federal prosecutors' case against the former president seems very strong, pointing to an audio recording allegedly related to a potential attack on Iran. The tape, recorded during a July 2021 meeting with staffers, shows Trump saying:"See, as president, I could have declassified it. Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret."On Sunday, Cassidy warned that he believes Trump, if convicted of a crime by November 2024, would lose the presidential election to Biden, who is not expected to face major competition in the Democratic primary.
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