'Rage and retribution': Trump's former aide warns he will do anything to stay out of jail

Onetime White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin warned Friday that former President Donald Trump may go to any lengths to stay out of jail following his criminal conviction.

Griffin issued this warning to audiences at "The View" who cheered the reporting of Trump's guilty conviction on felony charges in New York City.

Trump's former aide said she was "still somehow shocked" by the list of counts and the guilty verdict as they was read aloud in Manhattan criminal court on Thursday.

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"My first thought honestly was I feared for the safety of the judge and the jury, and I hope that they had security," she said. "We live in a moment of politically violent rhetoric that I think is very dangerous."

Griffin drew from her personal relationship with the former president as she considered how he's likely responding to the historic event.

"There's something in him that thinks he's untouchable and will get away with everything," she said. "And even though this was the likely outcome, I don't think he thought it was going to come."

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Griffin believes Trump lied about the 2020 election results for the same reason, she said.

"He can't believe that he lost," Griffin said.

Griffin raised concerns about how Trump will handle both the appeals process and his campaign as the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race.

"There is a world in which he could get away with this if he becomes president before this is fully adjudicated," Griffin said. "And running for president to stay out of jail is a hell of a motivator. He's going to do and say absolutely anything that he can get elected."

Griffin then told viewers to "buckle up," arguing Trump is about to rain down "rage and retribution" not previously seen before.

Ana Navarro said she cheered the news but felt the seriousness of the moment.

"I think it's a very serious, somber day," Navarro said. "I can't believe where we are in our democracy where the presumptive Republican nominee, the party of law and order, the party of family values, right? He is nominating a guy who just got convicted on 34 counts for paying Stormy Daniels hush money."

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