Trump and his conservative media allies are trying to spin this recording as inconclusive, no big deal, or even, as Trump claimed, an “exoneration.” But what would happen if Republicans just presumed that Trump is probably guilty? What are the commentators saying?Ī few months ago, proving that Trump willfully kept documents he knew were classified “looked like a major obstacle to conviction.
That presumption became harder to maintain after news organizations obtained and published a two-minute audio clip of Trump appearing to confess to the felonies charged by special counsel Jack Smith in the secret documents case. He may also conceivably be convicted of illegally or violently trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.Īmericans are presumed innocent until found guilty, and Republicans have by and large presumed that Trump is being unfairly persecuted, held to a higher standard than other politicians, or even innocent. Trump could be convicted of lying to New York State about paying off a porn actress to hide an alleged extramarital affair, or he could be convicted of keeping top secret national security documents in unsecured rooms and lying to the federal government when ordered to return them. He also faces the real possibility of being convicted of several felonies before Election Day. Former President Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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