aides. of his desire to solve his jumble of legal problems by winning the election. quote, if i'll there of the two federal charges that he's confronting are delayed on till the election, and he prevails in the election, he could seek to pardon himself after taking office. or have his attorney general dismissed the matters altogether. and i know that learning that trump has been saying that privately to his staffers is not shocking news, per se, we know that that was probably what he was planning. probably what he was thinking. but, per the new york times it does seem significant that that is what he is now telling people. that is what he is telling people that he is going to do. he will solve his jumble of legal problems by winning the election. and whatever you think about that, that is how he is thinking about that. what does that say about the election for all of the rest of