Trump faces seven criminal charges, including the willful retention of national defense information, obstruction of justice and conspiracy, though the scope of the evidence remained unclear because the indictment was under seal.
, this time on federal charges related to his handling of classified documents, may offer a repeat.
“In any other decade, this would be more than enough to kill a presidential contender in the crib. That’s no longer the case – particularly for Donald Trump,” Newhouse said. He argued Trump has been effectively setting expectations for more charges for months. But even if the indictment doesn't hurt Trump's standing with Republican primary voters, it's far from certain that the broader set of general election voters, which includes independents and moderates in both parties, will be as forgiving next fall in a prospective matchup against President Joe Biden.
Republican strategist Sarah Longwell, a fierce Trump critic and founder of the Republican Accountability Project, acknowledged the indictment might ultimately help Trump seize the GOP nomination. “This should be gold for Republican presidential candidates, should they choose to use it,” Heye said. Former Vice President Mike Pence said he was “deeply troubled” that Trump had been indicted because he believed it would further divide the nation.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise accused President Biden of ”weaponizing his Department of Justice against his own political rival" with a “sham indictment” that was"the continuation of the endless political persecution of Donald Trump.”since the president’s lawyers were informed he was a target of the investigation, believing it was a matter of when — not if — charges would be brought.
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