[Gay State Conservative]

I'm not a lawyer but it seems to me that the only real chance DJT has here is in the Federal appeals courts.Assuming that the trials (Manhattan,DC,Miami and Atlanta occur before the election he'll be convicted in all four. And of course state appeals courts won't reverse anything...so Federal appeals courts will be his only real option.

And by that time the damage,election-wise,will have already been done.

You've gotta give Rat Party Headquarters credit...they're clearly utterly depraved and amoral...but they sure have that lawfare thing mastered.

[The Iceman Cometh]

If the other Republican candidates think this indictment is good for them, they are completely off-base. First, the anger this is stirring up does not equate to Trump's base just moving on to the next guy (or gal) should things go sideways for Trump.

Their only option would be to offer deep support for Trump during these times, which they will not do.

This is already evident in the statement released by DeSantis.

Notice how in the statment, DeSantis called out Hillary and Hunter as the double standard in this case when Biden and Pence are the more relevant cases.

[qaz123]

Damage to,what?

I can’t speak for anyone else, but Pres Trump is the only person getting my vote. I don’t care if he’s in Guantanamo

[central_va]

Damage? I expact the Trump bump in the polls to be staggering. Who knows?

Plan B is voter nullification.

[Quentin Quarantino]

Your words bear repeating:

“You’ve gotta give Rat Party Headquarters credit...they’re clearly utterly depraved and amoral...but they sure have that lawfare thing mastered.”

Obamas’s Democrat Party is America’s Khmer Rouge.

[MrChips]

DJT has the right to waive a speedy trial, and that would move it until after the election.

[Ann Archy]

They are PURE EVIL!

[hcmama]

I don't know. Trump lucked out by getting a southern Florida venue instead of a DC jury. His conviction in Southern Florida is not the slam dunk it would be if it were in DC.

At least in this case. Smith still hasn't shown his hand in the January 6th case which will be tried in the DC circuit.

[Bishop_Malachi]

You’ve gotta give Rat Party Headquarters credit...they’re clearly utterly depraved and amoral...but they sure have that lawfare thing mastered.

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It’s clearly a political prosecution...in a long line of political prosecutions. Donald Trump can easily use this to his advantage as our legal (and political) system is looking Third-World to all but the most partisan hacks.