Basically: I committed a crime while trying to stay in office illegally, but you can’t hold me to account because I’m running for office.
Pretty much “I’m a big-deal Republican, so you can’t apply the normal rules to me, even though others have run for President from jail”
This is a dumb argument for anyone with sense, but it’s probably the best one he could possibly make.
For whatever godforsaken reason, the minute you run for office, the courts lose their goddamn minds and act like, “Courts hate this one trick, but they can’t stop you.”
We all should commit crime and run for President.