@InUnfunky: It's been being told of since the outset of it all that what he's banking on and what Cannon is working to help him do is stall the trials long enough for him to (hopefully) win the Oval Office again, at which point he'll have his AG stop all investigations and prosecutions and/or pardon himself and everyone else.
I understand not why the NYT is writing about it as if it's new.
@InUnfunky: That said, with any luck he'll have an aneurism or have a total, ugly breakdown in public.