April 6, 2023, 4:00 AM
April 6, 2023, 4:00 AM
The accusation of donald trump makes the whole of America wonder what now? The race for the White House in 2024 is more uncertain than ever and so is the judicial calendar of the former president.
This while the other big contender, the Democratic president Joe Biden, he takes his time to announce a candidacy that is taken for granted.
Before a New York judge, donald trumpthe first former U.S. president to be indicted, pleaded not guilty to forgery over payments to hush up damaging issues ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
It remains to be seen if this case, one of many that worries the billionaire, will go to trial.
Timing is critical to him as he hopes to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Justice is betting on a forthcoming appearance at the end of the year and a trial in January 2024, just before the primaries, but the former president’s lawyers disagree.
“We will not go before a jury,” one of them, Joe Tacopina, told NBC, convinced that the case would fall under its own weight due to legal difficulties.
Meanwhile, Trump, who has been released, can campaign as he pleases on the condition that he “refrain from comments that could incite violence” about his case, warned Judge Juan Merchán, who did not impose the “gag law” on him. , an absolute ban on mentioning the procedure in public.
But moderation is not the strong point of the mogul, who called on Congress on his Truth Social network to “STOP FUNDING THE DOJ AND THE FBI” for what he considers an “ABUSE OF POWER”, referring to the Department of Justice and the main federal law enforcement agency.
After a trip that he tried to make seem as presidential as possible, with a private plane and a security caravan through the streets of NYTrump had to face two hours in a Manhattan courtroom.
The former president gave his name, age and profession, and submitted to fingerprinting, but avoided the humiliating mug shot.
The billionaire claims to be the victim of a “witch hunt” promoted by the Democrats.
