Irish Examiner view: Trump has squirmed out of worse

It would not be sensible to size up former US president Donald Trump for an orange prison jumpsuit just yet

Former US president Donald Trump defiantly raises a fist as he departs Trump Tower in New York on his way to the New York attorney general's office. Picture: Julia Nikhinson/AP

Enemies of former US president Donald Trump may have wished for some considerable time that they’d see the day when the man with the curious orange skin pallor would be taken away in a matching orange prison suit.

While there appears to be many reasons for the former occupant of the White House to be concerned about the mounting legal perils he faces, he has in the past brazenly shook off many similar threats, and his enemies fear that will be the case this time around as well.