前联邦调查局官员说，特朗普只有在“认为这是一场胜利”的情况下才会辞职

       一位前联邦调查局高级官员警告说，唐纳德·特朗普总统不太可能轻易放弃权力，即使他已经达到法律的全部效力并遭到弹劾。

       弗兰克·菲格里兹（Frank Figliuzzi）是联邦调查局反情报部门的前助理主任，目前是NBC新闻的国家安全撰稿人。

       除了针对指控的弹inquiry调查外，美国总统还向其乌克兰总统沃洛德米尔·泽伦斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）施压，要求他们对2020年民主党竞争对手乔·拜登（Joe Biden）和他的儿子亨特（Hunter）有所了解，众议院民主党人继续追求特朗普的纳税申报表。

       讨论总统现在面临的法律困难时，迈克·卢皮卡（Mike Lupica）播客的主持人向菲格利齐（Figliuzzi ）询问，他是否认为特朗普会自愿辞职。

       菲格利齐说：“我们还不够亲密。他必须将其视为胜利。因此，必须向他提出一项协议，将他视为胜利，这意味着他的家人逃脱了起诉，或者他有未起诉协议到位。”

       福克斯（Fox）的一项新闻民意调查发现，新高的51％的人希望看到特朗普被弹劾并从办公室撤职，而7月份这一比例为42％，这表明公众舆论正在朝他的下台方向转变。

       不想被弹劾的人比例下降到40％，比7月份下降了5％。

       菲格鲁齐说，在地方政治中的公共腐败案件中，通常是要求政客“中毒该州政府”而辞职，这可能意味着“已经达成某种协议”。

       但是菲格里佐说，特朗普不太可能悄悄退出舞台。

       “特别是纽约州必须权衡并说，'好吧，如果他下台，我们不会打他，否则我们只会以以下指控打他。'”“这是特朗普的问题。第一，我不认为他真的在乎自己的家人受到起诉。第二，他正面临国家曝光，因此这项'非赞成'（非起诉）协议必须成为联邦和州。

       “由于我们正在与一个只在乎自我的人打交道……如果可以将它作为胜利呈现给他，而他没有受到弹and，贬低甚至被剥夺投票权，这可能会发生，但这非常复杂。 ”

       特朗普周四在明尼阿波利斯举行集会，借此机会重申他对弹劾调查的追捕是“狩猎女巫”，他告诉在场人士说：“悲惨的华盛顿沼泽一直在试图使一场真正伟大的民主选举的结果无效。

       他说：“他们想抹去你的声音，想抹去你的未来，但他们会失败的，因为在美国，人民再次统治。”

       据乌克兰有线电视新闻网报道，关于乌克兰对特朗普行为的调查，欧盟大使戈登·桑德兰（Gordon Sondland）下周将在传票下在众议院前作证。

TRUMP WOULD ONLY RESIGN IF HE CAN 'SEE IT AS A WIN': 'I DON'T THINK HE REALLY CARES ABOUT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS BEING PROSECUTED,' SAYS EX-FBI OFFICIAL


       A former high-ranking FBI official has warned that President Donald Trump is unlikely to relinquish power easily even if he meets the full force of the law and is impeached.

       Frank Figliuzzi is the former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI and is currently national security contributor for NBC News.

       As well as the impeachment inquiry centered on claims the U.S. president pressured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to get dirt on 2020 Democrat rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter, House Democrats continue their pursuit of Trump's tax returns.

       Discussing the legal difficulties that the president now faces, Figliuzzi was asked by the host of the Mike Lupica podcast whether he believed there would be a scenario in which Trump would resign his office voluntarily.

       Figliuzzi said: "We are not close enough yet. He has to see it as a win. So a deal would have to be presented to him that he views as victory, meaning either his family escapes prosecution, or he has a non prosecution agreement in place."

       A Fox news poll has found that a new high of 51 percent of people want to see Trump impeached and removed from office, up from 42 percent in July and showing that public opinion is shifting towards his ousting.

       The proportion of people who do not want him impeached has gone down to 40 percent, down 5 percent from July.

       Figliuzzi said it was common in public corruption cases in local politics for an offer to be made to a politician to quit if they "poisoned the government of that state" and that could mean that "some kind of deal is worked out."

       However Figliuzzi said Trump was unlikely to exit the stage quietly.

       "The state of New York in particular would have to weigh in and go, 'OK, we're not going to hit him if he steps down, or we'll only hit him with the following charges.'""Here's the problem with Trump. Number one, I don't think he really cares about his family members being prosecuted. Number two, he is facing state exposure, so this 'non-pros' (non-prosecution) agreement would have to be federal and state.

       "Since we're dealing with a man who cares only about ego...if it can be presented to him as a win and he's not being impeached and disgraced or even voted out of office, it could happen, but it's very complicated."

       Trump used his rally in Minneapolis on Thursday as a chance to reiterate his refrain that the impeachment inquiry was a "witch hunt," telling those present that "the wretched Washington swamp has been trying to nullify the results of a truly great and democratic election.

       "They want to erase your voice and they want to erase your future, but they will fail, because in America the people rule again," he said, according to CNN.

       Regarding the Ukraine probe into Trump's conduct, EU ambassador Gordon Sondland will testify in front of the House under subpoena next week, CNN reported.