https://wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-legal-battles-election-…
Donald Trump’s political opponents had hoped his legal difficulties would torpedo his third run for the presidency. But a knockout blow before the election is looking increasingly unlikely.
The former president, who looks poised to sew up the Republican presidential nomination after his win Tuesday in New Hampshire, is proving less vulnerable on the legal front than many of his critics predicted.
His lawyers are having success maneuvering to delay any legal reckoning. And he has profited from good fortune in the two trials that pose his greatest political vulnerability: those on his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss.Thanks to a serendipitous challenge to a law he has been charged with breaking, the Supreme Court could water down Trump’s federal election-interference case in the coming months. Meanwhile, the parallel prosecution in Georgia faces steeper odds after allegations the prosecutor leading it may have hired a paramour to run the trial.
All the while, Trump has raised money on his legal battles, seeing his support grow as he depicts himself as a victim of partisan prosecutors marshaling a crooked justice system to thwart his bid for a second term in the White House. Prosecutors have denied that claim.
“Everything has broken his way in connection with feeding his political narrative of being a victim,” said Ty Cobb, a now critical former Trump lawyer. “He’s had some very lucky breaks.”
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said the former president’s campaign trail success is a sign that some voters view the prosecutions as politically motivated, adding that Trump would win the election in “dominating fashion.” A spokesman for the federal special counsel, Jack Smith, declined to comment, and a spokesman for Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis didn’t respond to a request for comment.
@D3m0cr4cyRonnieRepublican3mos3MO
Look, somewhere along the line, every American has or knows somebody who got abused by the legal system. They know about dirty cops, speed traps, politically and economically motivated judges and prosecutors. That does not mean they are against law and order, effective policing and honest adjudication. It means they understand lawfare. Americans can clearly see what is going on here. Trump and everyone around him are in the crosshairs of that politically motivate lawfare. They understand they are even more at risk of being rolled over than Trump. If the establishment does not wake up ...
@StressedWelfareDemocrat3mos3MO
Trump’s GOP opponents, like his ignorant supporters, apparently bought the lie that Biden masterminded Trump’s myriad legal troubles and could remove him from the race with a wave of his hand. The reality is, Trump has weaponized the court cases against him to great political effect.
@D3m0cr4cyRonnieRepublican3mos3MO
If they (DOJ, Biden, Democrat judges) can weaponize the justice system on a former president, imagine what they would do to you if you want to protest the government (unless, of course it's for Gaza). We are now witnessing the Jan 6 attendee's after 3 years still being held in prison for simply being there. To prove bias is alive & well Ray Epps received a 6 month sentence...does that seem equal justice?. Save your breath if you are going to say it was insurrection, no one was charged with that because it just isn't true.
@9CJ6CB63mos3MO
Yes, because certain attendees did different things. Not everyone that stepped inside the capitol got 3 years jail, many even left with few consequences at all. Trump has openly stated he wants to weaponize the DOJ, often, constantly, and blatantly. Biden has not, he’s not been at the helm of the DOJ for this trial, he’s not the weaponizer, but trump will be, trump was before, and he keeps trying to weaponize the court even now.
@Centr1stLaylaConstitution3mos3MO
Every American knows and sees these prosecutions for what they are: absolute baloney. Remember that if they can do this to a very wealthy former President think what they could do to YOU. Thankfully Ms. Willis is seeing her chocolate dreams of building a reputation at the expense of MAGA supporters blowing up like a cheap cake.
@PersistentVoterIDSocialist3mos3MO
Actually EVERYONE who watched the evidence presented at the Jan 6th hearings knows the evidence against Trump is iron clad. Everyone with him testified against him. No one is testifying in his defense. People who stuck their heads in the sand and refused to watch it look ridiculous for still supporting the man
If Trump does get convicted of crimes, most voters won't follow the details of the case, they'll only hear that he was convicted of crimes. I buy that this could energize hardcore MAGA supporters, but they'll be energized anyway. Not sure about Soccer Mom in Montgomery County, PA
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