Only one in four Republicans think charges against Trump should disqualify him from running in 2024, compared to 57 percent of all Americans. Some GOP lawmakers and strategists see short-term gains for the former president in his quest for the nomination.
The former president’s likely rivals in 2024 were not far behind. An aide to former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley — who had previously called the investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg a political prosecution — pointed to their previous statements criticizing the case.
Vivek Ramaswamy, a tech entrepreneur also running against Trump, said: “This is wrong, This is dangerous.” Trump became the first former U.S. president to face indictment Thursday when a state grand jury voted for a sealed indictment following a weeks-long investigation intoduring Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. A criminal indictment or conviction does not disqualify Trump from running for or winning the presidency.
Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, a former U.S. attorney also considering a potential campaign for president, came the closest to lending approval to the legal process in New York, noting in a statement that “the grand jury found credible facts to support the charges.” “No matter what happens in Trump’s upcoming legal proceedings, it’s obvious the Republican Party remains firmly in the hold of Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans,” Ammar Moussa, a spokesman for the DNC, said in a statement, referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
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