The survey of 1,089 voters was conducted a day after a New York grand jury indicted Trump, and shows 54% of Republicans and GOP leaners want Trump to be the nominee. Here is what we expect in the case to start the week: Trump surging past DeSantis post-indictment: pollĭonald Trump's criminal charges don't appear to have hurt his chances at winning the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.Ī new Yahoo News/YouGov poll released Monday shows the former president ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by 26 percentage points with a commanding 57% to 31% lead. But Trump has denied wrongdoing and Tacopina said there is no documentation of false business records. Legal experts expect a combination of misdemeanor charges alleging falsification of business records about the payments, combined with a felony such as a campaign finance violation.
Witnesses before the grand jury have described hush-money payments Trump directed former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to make to silence two women who claimed to have had sex with Trump before the 2016 election. More: Lawyers for Donald Trump, Michael Cohen square off in fight for credibility in criminal case But the details haven’t been nailed down because the Secret Service will accompany Trump, he said. Trump is expected to have his mug shot and fingerprints taken, have the formal charges read and then plead not guilty “loudly and proudly,” his lawyer Joe Tacopina told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. He got another rival Sunday when former Arkansas Gov. Tuesday from Mar-a-Lago, a chance to make his case in the court of public opinion as well as in the 2024 presidential race. Trump announced he will speak at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday live blog: Trump set for historic arraignment as first former president facing criminal charges - live updates Legal experts warn against criticizing judge ahead of trial.ĭonald Trump arrived in New York Monday afternoon, in anticipation of his arraignment Tuesday as the first former president ever charged criminally.Trump is set to be arraigned Tuesday on the first criminal charges against an ex-president.Trump travel Monday to New York, where he will stay in Trump Tower.
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