Trump said president under indictment would create ‘constitutional crisis’

Former president made comments in 2016 days before election he won, and predicted Hillary Clinton would face criminal trial

The election of a president under indictment and facing criminal trial would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis" and cripple the operations of government", Donald Trump said.

But the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, who faces 71 criminal counts in state and federal cases and is expected to face more, was not speaking about himself - or speaking this year.