The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford suggested former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial will likely have “the least impact” of all criminal trials he faces.
Bedford noted that while the hush money trial is the “weakest” case against him, a conviction could sway voters in swing states ahead of the
“There are polls, Neil, that show that some voters who have said that they currently plan to vote for Donald Trump might change their vote if he’s convicted of a felony. That’s what’s at stake in this case,” Bedford said. “Alvin Bragg, who is an elected Democrat, has structured the case so misdemeanor charges could be bumped up to felonies here. That could sway some voters on the margin.”
Bedford noted recent polling showing Trump in a statistical tie with his Democratic opponent, President Joe Biden. “Losing a few voters on the margin in those swing states could impact the election,” she added. “But all that being said, this is the weakest case against him, it’s the one that’s arguably the most political, and it’s the one that, I think, would have the least impact on him if he was convicted versus all of the other criminal trials where he’s facing that possibility.”.
The case centers on a reimbursement payment Trump made to his former attorney Michael Cohen in 2016 after Cohen made a hush money payment to
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