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The title question is one being asked by Politico this week. The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is fast approaching and Donald Trump is expected to appear and accept the party’s nomination for the presidency officially. This should all just be business as usual, but Politico suggests that it might not be. Their reason (such as it is) is that there will be many other prominent Republican officials and stakeholders there as well. That crowd will almost certainly include dozens of potential witnesses in his pending lawfare trials and even some defendants facing political prosecutions of their own, such as the alternate electors that were named in some states following the 2020 election. The theory here is that Trump is obligated to avoid communicating with those individuals to avoid possible claims of witness tampering or intimidation. This sounds like a stretch of the imagination at best.
Donald Trump will be rubbing elbows in Milwaukee with a crowd that may include dozens of witnesses and alleged co-conspirators in his criminal cases — people he has sworn not to communicate with about details of the charges against him.
Avoiding them may not be possible for the former president during the four-day convention, creating an unusual dynamic, and a potential legal liability for Trump, against the backdrop of a national nominating convention.
