{"id":172484,"date":"2023-03-16T00:53:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172484"},"modified":"2023-03-16T00:53:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:53:41","slug":"looming-trump-charges-threaten-to-inject-chaos-into-2024-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/looming-trump-charges-threaten-to-inject-chaos-into-2024-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Looming Trump charges threaten to inject chaos into 2024 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo illustration: A\u00efda Amer\/Axios. Photo: Mario Tama\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
In a matter of days, a grand jury in Manhattan could turn the 2024 campaign on its head by making Donald Trump the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.<\/p>\n
Why it matters: <\/strong>The state investigation into Trump's alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 may be the tip of the spear when it comes to the many legal threats bearing down on the former president \u2014 the front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination.<\/p>\n But moving first<\/strong> in such a sensitive situation carries enormous risks for a prosecutor \u2014 and legal experts have raised questions about the strength of the case being assembled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.<\/p>\n Zoom in: <\/strong>Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who testified Monday and Wednesday before the Manhattan grand jury, pleaded guilty to federal campaign finance violations in 2018 for arranging payments to two women with whom Trump allegedly had affairs, including Daniels.<\/p>\n Reality check: <\/strong>Former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz warned in his new book that if Bragg chooses to pursue that complex strategy, there is "a big risk that felony charges would be dismissed before a jury could even consider them."<\/p>\n Driving the news: <\/strong>Trump defense lawyer Joe Tacopina on Tuesday essentially dared Bragg to pursue charges.<\/p>\n The big picture: <\/strong>Victimhood and vengeance already are central themes of Trump's 2024 campaign. He has cast any and all investigations \u2014 even civil lawsuits \u2014 as a continuation of a "witch hunt" that he says began with the FBI investigation of his 2016 campaign's ties to Russia. <\/p>\n The bottom line: <\/strong>There's no telling how an indicted Trump would fare in a general election if he gets through "the prosecution primary," as Vice News has dubbed it. Either way, the U.S. political system is set to enter uncharted waters in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n
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