Trump hush money charges seen as serious by most voters, Reuters/Ipsos finds
Close to a third of Republicans - and close to two-thirds of independents - in the poll said it was believable that Trump falsified business records and committed fraud.
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Jason Lange4-5 minutes 4/10/2024
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The New York criminal charges against Donald Trump for allegedly covering up hush-money payments to a porn star are serious in the eyes of a firm majority of U.S. voters, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found ahead of the former president's trial starting next week.
Some 64% of registered voters in the five-day poll, which closed on Monday, described the charges as at least "somewhat serious," compared to 34% who said the charges lacked seriousness. The rest were unsure or didn't answer.
The trial, due to begin this coming Monday, is the first of four criminal prosecutions of Trump, the Republican challenger to Democratic President Joe Biden in a November election.
Legal experts have signaled that the other three cases - which involve charges Trump engaged in electoral fraud or mishandled classified documents - are considerably more serious than the alleged hush money payments.
But Reuters/Ipsos polling showed that any criminal conviction could take a heavy toll on Trump, who is locked in a tight race with Biden. Trump is the first current or former U.S. president to face criminal prosecution.
Roughly four in 10 Republican respondents considered the hush money charges to be serious, as did two-thirds of independents.
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On a factual basis, this trial will be devastating to Trump's reputation. On a MAGA fantasy basis, he will use it to extract money from his deluded supporters.
as the evidence of Trump's ongoing criminality piles up over the next months, MAGA will be funneled into more and more unpatriotic positions.
Tomorrow for the first time in US history a former President of the United States will face criminal charges in a court of law. Finally!
Immunity? Stormy Daniels Ass!
We don't know that her ass had immunity...
Frome the article:
For someone who uses the court system as a cudgel, Trump does not seem to care that it can be turned against him. Lock his ass up. Let him bleat out, "Unfair!" to his flock of people with an extra-large hole in their minds where common sense should be located. It might garner him some more donations from the chronically deluded, but the majority of the country will try not to laugh and go about their business.
Only to the triggered.