Trump faces ‘October surprise that will hit in September’ and risks plunging the election into turmoil, warns ex-Bush lawyer John Yoo [Video]

Donald Trump could be blindsided by an ‘October surprise’ that would obliterate his chances at retaking the White House, a former Bush administration official has said.

Legal scholar John Yoo sounded the alarm that the former president could wind up in prison – as soon as next month.

Trump has been desperately seeking to hold off his sentencing hearing until after the election, following his conviction by a Manhattan jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

But the controversial Judge Juan Merchan has consistently denied his appeals. 

While speaking to Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Thursday, Yoo said Merchan wields the power to ‘order Donald Trump…to jail immediately.’

An October surprise historically refers to a significant …