From what I understand the accusation is that the money he gave Stormy Daniels falls under: " crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means"
What is the angle here, is he trying to turn a misdemeanor that was prescribed to something much bigger?
How can he do that without first having a trial for the misdemeanor itself? Isn't Trump innocent until proven guilty? In that case they must first convict him on the "unlawful means" before charging him on "crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means".
What do you guys think it will happen and how do you see it going down?
From what I understand of the charges, it'll be a struggle to get them to stick - even if this court convicts they wouldn't stand up to appeal.
That's not the point of it, though, I suspect. Trump's innocence or not has nothing to do with anything. The point is that the Biden admin will not crack down on an NY DA that's going after a Biden political opponent for any reason at all. And if NY fails, Trump's going to be subject to frivolous suits from other blue states until they manage to take him off the ballot in 2024.
The Dems are pushing this case to bait the dumbest elements of the GOP base to nominate Trump again in 2024.
The Dems will indict Trump in many more frivolous cases to increase GOP base outrage and influence them to rally around a martyred Trump.
If Trump is the nominee, the Dems will not fight to remove him off the ballot.
He supercharged Dem turnout and galvanizes their base while alienating center right suburban voters. Dems would love to run against Trump.
The Dems will wait until they win the 2024 election and they will then ensure Trump is convicted in 2025.
Only way Trump avoids spending his last days in prison is if he loses the primary and another GOP nominee narrowly wins against Biden and protects Trump from Dem prosecution.
I agree that the only reason this case is being brought is because the left are desperate for Trump to be the 2024 nominee. Not only do they believe that he is eminently more beatable than the alternatives, he's also a huge boost to lefty businesses like journalism and for lefty fundraising. They don't care one bit whether they win any of these cases. Keeping Trump, as opposed to the disastrous results of their crappy policies, front and center in the minds of American voters is what they're really after here.
Not sure about Trump's fate post 2024 if there is a dem win, though. Honestly I think litigation would stop at that point as they just wouldn't care about him anymore in the same way that I don't think the current cases would be brought if he wasn't running now. In any event it appears at the moment that the current case and the other potential ones against him are all so legally weak that he's unlikely to be convicted.