Trump's Running Because He Knows He Won’t Survive Prison, Will Hurd Says

  • Republican rival wants to confront frontrunner at first debate
  • Hurd concedes he is ‘dark horse’ in race for GOP nomination
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Long-shot presidential contender Will Hurd said Donald Trump, his rival for the Republican nomination, is only running to avoid prison as he urged the party to confront the frontrunner over his three criminal indictments.

“He’s a bully, he’s a liar. And he’s only running in order to stay out of prison,” Hurd told Bloomberg Radio’s “Sound On” Thursday.