The whole country knows what needs to be done here.
He will not take her off the case or reprimand her.
He’s already said the text testimony is questionable.
There is no smoking gun regarding the cash payment. It looks bad, but no proof that she gained anything out of this other than a few trips.
Ethics violations? For sure, and he will refer these to the ethics board.
Case against Trump, will continue on.
She’s Black. So is Wade. If they were White and pulled this kind of stunt, there would be a Black judge disbarring them and jailing them in ten nanoseconds. But they’re not. And he isn’t. So he wouldn’t dare. Just keep moving along folks, nothing to see here.
Seems to me that is always the case now with court cases and media non-investigations. If the suspect has a "Perry Mason" moment and jumps up in the court room and shouts at the judge, "Yes! I did it! I'm glad I did it! And I'd do it again!!" At that point, a guilty verdict might be possible. But barring such an open court confession, it will always be a situation of "no proof" so no reason to probe into things too much.
It's different with Trump -- he gets accused of stuff and WHAM! he has to pay somebody $100M because he's guilty of whatever it is they said he did.
But thats using taxpayers money to fund personal business. Im sure Ive seen folks punished worse for far less. Dont always need a smoking gun. With that being said its tough for Trump to get a fair shake here.