Please use some logic, does it legally stop him from running, no, but it will practically stop him.
BS political indictments are SOP for Democrats, look at all the people in the Trump administration that have been indicted or pled guilty, all of them on BS charges, look at the 1/6 people still in jail on BS charges, to think they would not charge Trump is naive at best.
In my opinion, it would be hard for him to win the nomination, which he would ultimately prevail, but some percentage of the population would never for vote for someone facing criminal charges, regardless of their validity.
"Using some logic", if they can do it to Trump and his associates, regardless of the charges validity, they will do it to any potential presidential candidate who is a threat to their control, reagrdless of the charges validity.
So if you replace Trump with DeSantis, the same thing will happen to him and his associates.
You absolutely can't back down based on a threat of bogus charges. It makes no sense to do that.
“… but some percentage of the population would never for vote for someone facing criminal charges, regardless of their validity.’
Thanks to Biden And the most execrable presidency in history that percentage might be smaller than many imagine. The people who voted Biden but now say they’d vote Trump is getting larger by the week. Some of the people who have expressed this has shocked me. One kid being raised by two moms who ABSOLUTELY despise Trump has said that they both would vote for him now.