MSNBC star Chris Matthews predicts Trump will resign soon as part of a deal with Robert Mueller to spare himself, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr from prosecution

  • The MSNBC host made the comments during his Hardball segment on Monday 
  • Matthews said he believes Ivanka and Trump Jr are the 'next dominoes to fall' 
  • He said Ivanka and Trump Jr can 'hardly testify against their father' and could face the possibility of 'heading to prison' unless their father strikes a deal 
  • Matthews predicted the president would make a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in order to spare himself and his children from prosecution 

MSNBC's Chris Matthews predicted on Monday that Donald Trump could resign soon as part of a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in a bid to spare his family from prosecution. 

'The president's children stand right in the line of Mueller's investigative progress,' Matthews said on Hardball, referring to Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. 

'They stand as the next dominoes to fall. Therein lies the problem, where earlier Mueller subjects have given [President] Trump up, these two lack the option to do that. 

MSNBC's Chris Matthews (pictured) predicted on Monday that Donald Trump could resign soon as part of a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in a bid to spare his family from prosecution

MSNBC's Chris Matthews (pictured) predicted on Monday that Donald Trump could resign soon as part of a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in a bid to spare his family from prosecution

Matthews said the president may consider striking a deal with Mueller's team to avoid prosecution for himself, Ivanka and Trump Jr (all pictured). That deal would see the president resigning from office

Matthews said the president may consider striking a deal with Mueller's team to avoid prosecution for himself, Ivanka and Trump Jr (all pictured). That deal would see the president resigning from office

Matthews said Ivanka and Trump Jr can 'hardly testify against their father', adding that if Mueller 'will not be stopped and the kids will not fall to him, we see the president's adult children heading to prison'.

However, the host said that may not happen if the president strikes a deal with Mueller.

'But what if the prosecutor were to offer the president an alternative?' Matthews said. 

'What if he were to say he would let the children walk if the old man does the same? That would mean giving up the presidency in exchange for acquittals all around ― not just for himself, but for all his kids,' he added. 

Matthews even highlighted the resignation of former Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1973. 

Agnew struck a deal with prosecutors in order to avoid prison time for tax evasion. 

'Leverage the office while you still have it. So let's watch the probable events of the coming weeks bring all this to a breaking point,' Matthews said. 

'It is going to be historic.'

Since Mueller began his investigation into Russian election interference and any possible collusion with the Trump campaign, 33 individuals and entities have been criminally indicted.

Since special counsel Robert Mueller (pictured) began his investigation into Russian election interference and any possible collusion with the Trump campaign, 33 individuals and entities have been criminally indicted

Since special counsel Robert Mueller (pictured) began his investigation into Russian election interference and any possible collusion with the Trump campaign, 33 individuals and entities have been criminally indicted

Last week, Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen (pictured), was sentenced to three years in prison
Last Tuesday, a judge agreed to delay Trump's former national security chief Michael Flynn's (pictured) sentencing for lying over secret communications with Russian officials

Last Tuesday, a judge agreed to delay Trump's former national security chief Michael Flynn's (right) sentencing for lying over secret communications with Russian officials. And last week, Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen (left), was sentenced to three years in prison

Last Tuesday, Judge Emmet Sullivan agreed to delay Trump's former national security chief Michael Flynn's sentencing for lying over secret communications with Russian officials.

Sullivan said Flynn had behaved in a 'traitorous' manner while he was in the White House in early 2017 and threatened to impose a stiff prison sentence, rejecting a recommendation by prosecutors that the retired three-star general benefit from cooperating and receive no jail time.

But the judge gave Flynn the option to delay his sentencing, to better demonstrate why he merited a light punishment.

'I want to be frank with you, this crime is very serious,' Sullivan said. 'I'm not hiding my disgust, my disdain.'

'Arguably, you sold your country out,' he added.

Last week, Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison for crimes that included arranging payments during the 2016 election to silence women who claimed affairs with Trump.

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