India, Nov. 12 -- As the Republicans reel from the recent election losses, a former White House attorney in President Trump's first term has made a huge claim about the 79-year-old plotting to stay in power beyond the stipulated term.

Ty Cobb, who was part of Donald Trump's legal team, recently made an appearance on MSNBC's The Beat podcast with Ari Melber. Cobb said to Melber that Trump's recent pardons to individuals convicted of the 2020 election overturning case indicate that he and his MAGA brigade might be plotting a coup to stay in power beyond 2028.

"So I think, you know, the pardons today really have nothing to do about protecting the individuals involved at all, Cobb said. "I mean, they're ineffectual in that regard. Nobody's ...