![]() In the run-up to Tuesday’s appearance, Trump’s legal team gave a preview of a robust defense that will unfold against a backdrop of a furious political campaign. Trump’s team previews aggressive legal strategy But once more, America’s political and legal systems, under a near-constant stress test since he came down the escalator in Trump Tower to launch his campaign in 2015, will be put under enormous pressure that is likely to only deepen the country’s internal estrangement. Trump has denied wrongdoing in all of the cases. In several of these cases, Trump could face even more serious legal problems than in the Stormy Daniels matter, but that case is the only one so far that has yielded an indictment. He’s also being investigated over efforts to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia, and by a special counsel probing his hoarding of classified documents and conduct in the run-up to January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Some legal experts, without having seen the still-sealed indictment, have questioned whether a case that appears to revolve around infringements of accounting practices and possible campaign finance violations is sufficiently serious to merit the historical step of indicting an ex-president who is already running again.Īt the same time, it is ultimately Trump’s norm-busting behavior that pushed the country to this somber moment. And however the case turns out, his return to the spotlight in these circumstances is another twist in an exhausting saga featuring a double impeachment, false claims of a stolen election, and a mob attack on the US Congress during an unruly four-year presidency that pushed the nation to the point of exhaustion and deepened its polarization. The criminal indictment takes Trump into unique political territory. Some 94% of Democrats approve of the indictment while 79% of Republicans disapproved. Among independents, 62% approved and 38% disapproved. In a new CNN/SSRS poll released on Monday, however, 60% of Americans approved of the indictment – although about three-quarters of respondents believed politics played at least some role in the decision, including 52% who said it played a major role. According to fundraising numbers that his campaign is touting, Trump is getting a political boost from the attention. ![]() But Trump, using his bond with his most loyal supporters, is claiming the prosecution is a case of naked political persecution from District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, that’s designed to thwart the possibility of a presidential comeback. In between rounds of golf, Trump considers how best to use indictment as 2024 rallying cryįor many Americans who disdain Trump and his riotous single term, the case could be a sign that, finally, he is being called to account for his rule-crushing behavior and that everyone – even former presidents – are equal under the law. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer/Getty Images ![]() President Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a campaign event. President Donald Trump exits the Oval Office and walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Septemin Washington, DC. ![]()
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