When Donald Trump steps before a judge next week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom, it will not only mark the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. It will also represent a reckoning for a man long nicknamed "Teflon Don," who until now has managed to skirt serious legal jeopardy despite 40 years of legal scrutiny.
"Boy, after all this time it's a bit of a shock," Trump biographer Michael D'Antonio said of the indictment. "You know I always thought of him as the Gingerbread Man, shouting, 'You can't catch me!' as he ran away.
Trump, he said on the "Today" show, was "initially was shocked" by news of the charges, but quickly pivoted to his usual pushback playbook. Already, the charges have been a boon to his struggling fundraising. The campaign announced Friday evening that it had raised over $4 million in the 24 hours after the indictment became public, far smashing its previous record after the FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.
Trump ally Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who formally endorsed the former president Friday, said Trump "doesn't back down" and was going to "fight back," telling a local radio show it was "yet another chapter where Donald Trump is going to come back on top in the end." Trump has long denied that he had a sexual encounter with the porn actor known as Stormy Daniels and has blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for pursuing the years-old case.
Let’s see how this ends…..an indictment is not a conviction and let’s just know that once the door has been removed and precedent set… I don’t to hear any bellyaching from the other side.
All lies That's all the media does Trump Will be victorious!!!
Is it over for Trump
“There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result.” - Winston Churchill
Reminds me of Al Capone lol
'decades' LOL!
Abc7, and he will defeat this too. Watch. Your leftist, democratic colors are showing!
Can’t wait for the Clintons to get a little bit of invincibility
Why would anyone think the president is about the law. Looks to me like people just be looking the other way. Time to send that.
45 and 47 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
His real name is Drumpf. Everything makes sense now
Mobsters never think they will be caught and prosecuted as they can threaten, kill and dispose of enemies. Not now.
Ends centuries of rule of law.
hasn’t been convicted of anything, called the SMEAR2024 campaign!
A misdemeanor that they’re trying to create a felony both w/expired statute of limitations🤔Dangerous precedent but dems wanted it. Republicans will now be able to return the favor and they undoubtedly will. There will be no shortage of complaining democrats when that happens.
The changes that lead to communism always start out small. Jailing political opponents, controlling speech and the media, questionable elections with mail in ballots and ballot harvesting, instigating class and race violence. This country is going to hell very quickly. Wake up!
misdemeanors...? talk about a 🐕 and 🐎 show
Lo que pasa es que lo vieron como una amenaza, y eso no les gusta. este señor hizo buen trabajo como presidente, mejor que muchos.
It all makes sense Rpm moves to NYC in the early mid 70’s meets DT’s father who introduces him to his beloved son Donald and was born a lifelong friendship
Trump indictment showcases Democrats continued weaponization of every arm of the government
The MSM…celebrating the destruction of America, one issue at a time…
And brings in the new era of highly partisan prosecutions.
JoeBiden is next
It’s just another phony garbage story that’s going to fizzle out.
If he didn’t want to do the time, he shouldn’t have done the crime. 💅
Classic case of “Money talks, Bullshit Walks!” Any questions?!
TrumpIndictment
Only for maggot liberals