11/8/2023 0 Comments Disgraced politiciansHe is sober and measured, in stark contrast to Trump and DeSantis. At the moment, Tim Scott, South Carolina’s junior senator, is receiving well-deserved attention. Whether Trump is convicted and how his base reacts are the tests of his staying power. Expect Melania Trump to be a no-show at both trials. Two months later, in late May, he is scheduled to go on trial in Florida for his alleged mishandling of government documents. Next March, Trump is slated to be tried in Manhattan in connection with alleged hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels, the adult film star. Then come the criminal cases against the backdrop of nomination season. On 15 January 2024, Iowa Republicans will caucus, and the second E Jean Carroll defamation case commences. In October, the New York attorney general’s $250m civil suit against the Trump Organization and Trump individually begins. He is still two months away from a full-blown trial in a nine-figure action. His legal bills are already straining the resources of his Save America political action committee. Between the race for the Republican presidential nod and his considerable troubles, Trump’s dance card is looking full. The latest indictment adds to Trump’s considerable legal woes. DeSantis refuses to say whether Trump’s indictments disqualify him from running, and does not rule out issuing a pardon. As the song goes, “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”īy contrast, the rest of the Republican field remains studiously quiet. Reality check: Christie is at low-single digits Hurd is at a fraction of a percent. Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and federal prosecutor, branded Trump a “one-man crime wave.” “It seems like you know you’re committing a crime if you’re having an employee delete security camera footage,” declared Will Hurd, the ex-Texas congressman and long-shot Republican contender. Just days before Tuesday’s indictment, the government leveled new and serious allegations against him in the already pending documents case.Īccording to federal prosecutors, Trump and two aides schemed to delete Mar-a-Lago surveillance video in a bid to stymie Smith’s investigation. Rather, “mean”, “petty” and “dull” are the words that best do justice to the latest iteration of Florida Man.Īll that having been said, obstacles in the form of nearly-endless legal proceedings will likely complicate Trump’s political path and life. After squandering an early lead, he demonstrated under-appreciated tenacity. Here, the late John McCain’s run in 2008 comes to mind. Past candidates have bounced back from edges of the abyss. Likewise, if you’re busy looking for slavery’s upside or dangling the possibility of appointing RFK Jr as head of the FDA or CDC, national politics is not where you belong. When you’re a presidential candidate who is forced to fire people for posting Nazi-symbols, it doesn’t inspire confidence. He is down to 17 points in the polls and falling. His campaign reset resembles a cry for help. With a half-year to go before the first nominating contest, Florida’s thuggish and humorless governor has burned through millions of dollars. He has pledged to run even if convicted and from behind bars.Ĭloaked in the aura of seeming inevitability, Trump holds a 37-point lead over Ron DeSantis, his closest rival. Rather, his grip on the Republican party tightens. He did not fade after two earlier indictments. College grad or blue-collar, it makes little difference. In the interim, he towers over the Republican field with the support of a majority of the party’s voters. If convicted, the 77-year-old former president could face years in jail and possibly die in prison.
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