Will the New York indictments enhance his martyr image further enraging and encouraging the base? Remember, this is the man who bragged during a campaign swing in Iowa in 2016: “I have the most loyal people…I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” he said. According to polls, he remains the front running Republican candidate for 2024.
The New York Times reported that “Shares in Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company seeking to merge with Trump’s media business, have climbed more than 20 percent since he used his Truth Social platform to declare last month that his arrest was imminent.” Trump’s campaign claimed he raised $4 million in the 24 hours after the indictment. Jason Miller, a Trump aide, tweeted that the former president raised $7 million for his re-election since he was indicted. Trump’s loyal followers have continued to support him despite four bankruptcies, explicit tapes showing his outrageous misogyny, and numerous other un- presidential comments and actions. While the actual trial will not take place right away, the limited nature of the New York indictments takes oxygen out of the other possible indictments.Īll the headlines about his New York indictment have not encouraged fellow Republicans or Fox news to turn against him. If Trump is found innocent, it will certainly add to his victim narrative – what some have called adding “rocket fuel to his 2024 campaign – and add doubt to the three other cases. What will happen if Trump is found innocent? The prosecutor’s case rests mostly on the testimony of the former Trump bag man Michael Cohen, not the ideal person to rely on. Behind the headlines is the fact that what he is being indictment for – 34 counts of falsifying business records – momentarily pushes off the radar three potentially more damaging cases against him: 1) encouraging his followers to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power leading to the January 6 assault on the Capitol 2) mishandling secret documents and subsequent efforts to obstruct justice 3) pressuring election officials in Georgia to overturn election results.īriefly, to stay with the New York case, it is worth speculating about the consequences of District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s N.Y. He is the first president or former president to be indicted. The indictment of Donald Trump by a grand jury in New York has made headlines and front-page news.
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