{"id":1903446,"date":"2023-03-22T19:58:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T23:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-criminal-indictment-wont-cost-trump-endorsement-from-key-gop-senator\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T19:59:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T23:59:26","slug":"a-criminal-indictment-wont-cost-trump-endorsement-from-key-gop-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-criminal-indictment-wont-cost-trump-endorsement-from-key-gop-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"A criminal indictment won&#8217;t cost Trump endorsement from key GOP senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-criminal-indictment-wont-cost-trump-endorsement-from-key-gop-senator%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1903446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79504349\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope\n        itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Trump says getting shot during arrest would win him the presidency in 2024: Report\"><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Former President Donald Trump is already preparing for a \"spectacle should he be indicted by a Manhattan grand jury looking at hush money payment his lawyer Michael Cohen made to Stormy Daniels in ignoring advice make it quiet affair. 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Instead said didn't care if someone shot him because then would become martyr probably win presidency per Guardian.\"><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M11S\"><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-22 16:55:59\"><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\"\n          content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1267382_th_641b33a739ad0_1679504295.jpg\"><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n          content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1267382.mp4\">\n      <\/div>\n<p>      <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        var _bp = _bp || [];\n        _bp.push({\n          \"div\": \"Brid_79504349\",\n          \"obj\": {\n            \"id\": \"27789\",\n            \"width\": \"16\",\n            \"height\": \"9\",\n            \"video\": \"1267382\"\n          }\n        });\n      <\/script><br \/>\n      <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span> criminal indictment won&#8217;t be grounds for <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/eric-schmitt\">Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)<\/a> to revoke his endorsement of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s third White House bid.<\/p>\n<p>The Manhattan grand jury is considering charges related to a $130,000 hush money payment to a porn star, and Trump could become the first former president to be criminally charged. However, Schmitt, who is one of five senators to have already pledged support for Trump&#8217;s reelection, dismissed any imminent indictment as a political attack with little merit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a political prosecution in search of a crime that won&#8217;t affect my support of President Trump,&#8221; Schmitt stated in an interview with the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> on Wednesday. &#8220;I think this is a very, very dangerous road to go down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s situation poses a threat to Republican Party unity and sidetracks their messaging plans. Schmitt, who was endorsed by Trump during his Senate race, defended the former president and condemned Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is leading the investigation. Schmitt sought to discredit Bragg by linking him to Democratic donor and businessman George Soros, who had offered financial support to Bragg during his 2021 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans refuse to weigh in ahead of a possible indictment. Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, sidestepped a question on whether or not he&#8217;d be comfortable with Trump as the GOP nominee if he were to face criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a hypothetical question that&#8217;s a long way off. We have a number of candidates who are looking at and have already joined the race,&#8221; Thune said during a press conference on Wednesday. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it would be in any Republican&#8217;s best interest to speculate about what might happen in a Republican primary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8216;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/eric-schmitt-trump-endorsement-potential-indictment\">&#8220;A criminal indictment won&#8217;t cost Trump endorsement from key GOP senator&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A criminal indictment won&#8217;t be grounds for Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) to pull his endorsement of Donald Trump&#8217;s third White House bid. 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