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Politically, I think they would rather have the new Trump administration’s fingerprints on the demise of the cases,
he told the Reuters news agency
Will there be any political appetite by the end of the second Trump administration to try him in Georgia? That’s a long time from the initial crimes,
he said in a postThere's going to be very few restraints on Trump and I think he's going to feel very empowered with that decision in his pocket,
said Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader
With a 54-seat majority, which is where I think the Senate is shaking out right now, he should be able to confirm most of his qualified cabinet nominees,
Jon Lieber, a former Republican Senate aide now with the Eurasia group, told reporters on a conference call
The President will return to his desk triumphantly with a fresh mandate to fix the biggest problems confronting our nation. And this time he brings a hard-earned understanding of how to make Washington work for him,
said Republican strategist John AshbrookWe're looking at younger, more MAGA folks. More MAGA and less Republican than in the past,
said one donor who spoke on condition of anonymity, referring to Trump's "Make America Great Again" sloganI just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have”.
A key piece of evidence in this case is a recording of a phone call to Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which Trump said
The bottom line is that Donald Trump will not be tried in the state of Georgia,
Kreis said
I agree with Professor Kreis,
Aronberg saidI think what you did here and how you handled this and how you lied and covered up is horrible, the position you're about to take leading this country.
He described a potential statement form the bench as
I think now the judge is probably going to give him some sort of dressing down,
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It was a hell of a good day,
said Mitch McConnell, the longtime Senate Republican leader
America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,
Trump said early on Wednesday to a roaring crowd at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in FloridaIt's more likely that Trump is fined and sentenced to no time and he has to appeal the conviction. This is all unprecedented,
Rahmani, the president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, added as a caveat
Any of those tracks can get you to the US Supreme Court pretty fast, if that's his goal,
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What's Merchan going to do? He's not going to argue that the next president should go to state prison,
said Solomon, the former judgeWouldn't you use that argument if you were president-elect? Of course he's going to argue that he's about to become leader of the free world, and this is a special case, something that's never happened before,
Solomon addedWhat he's going to try to do is adjourn, adjourn, adjourn,
while his lawyers challenge his indictment, trial, and conviction on presidential-immunity grounds, ... Solomon predictedThis matter is one that stands alone, in a unique place in this Nation's history,
the judge added, alluding to Trump's presidential candidacyHe's definitely going to throw that around now,
said Charles Solomon, who was a Manhattan-based state supreme court justice for 33 years before his 2017 retirement