{"id":2036861,"date":"2023-09-19T04:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-trumps-mounting-legal-woes-may-not-derail-his-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T05:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:00:44","slug":"why-trumps-mounting-legal-woes-may-not-derail-his-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-trumps-mounting-legal-woes-may-not-derail-his-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s legal troubles may not hinder his campaign."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fwhy-trumps-mounting-legal-woes-may-not-derail-his-campaign%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=2036861&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Former President Trump&#8217;s Legal Woes: What Could Happen?<\/h2>\n<h3>News Analysis<\/h3>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, the leading \u200bcandidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is facing a litany of criminal charges that could see him spend the\u200c rest of his \u2062life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>While such legal woes would typically spell the \u2063end of any major political campaign, President Trump is no ordinary politician. His status as \u2064a former\u200c president and the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/condoleezza-rice-trump-touched-the-nerve-of-americans-feeling-left-out\/\" title=\"Condoleezza Rice: Trump 'Touched the Nerve' of Americans Feeling Left Out\">successful populist politician<\/a> in modern history has given him an almost cult-like status among the conservative grassroots that \u200dis proving nearly impossible to break.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/it-was-my-decision-trump-defends-2020-election-challenge-5493032\">&#8216;It Was My Decision&#8217;: Trump\u200b Defends 2020 Election Challenge<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/it-was-my-decision-trump-defends-2020-election-challenge-5493032\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-says-america-not-much-of-a-democracy-right-now-5492998\">Trump Says America Not &#8216;Much of a Democracy Right Now&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-says-america-not-much-of-a-democracy-right-now-5492998\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/after-4-indictments-trump-has-first-mugshot-taken-in-fulton-county-5480277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facing 91 counts<\/a> in four \u2064separate jurisdictions, with trial \u2064dates already\u2062 set for before the Republican National Convention next \u200byear, President Trump remains the runaway favorite for the presidential nomination.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">According\u2063 to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> polling average, President Trump\u2062 holds a 40-point lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely \u2064seen \u2064as his closest competitor.<\/div>\n<p>Yet should he prevail in the race for \u200dthe nomination, his legal problems could potentially\u2064 create an unprecedented situation\u200d in which a\u2063 major party\u2019s nominee (and perhaps the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-heads-to-polls-in-search-of-first-democratic-transition\/\" title=\"Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition\">democratically elected president<\/a>) will spend the rest of his\u200c life behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>The question many of us \u200dare asking, \u2063therefore, is what\u2064 is going\u200c to happen?<\/p>\n<p>Saul Anuzis, a former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party who ran for \u2064chairman of the Republican National Committee\u2063 (RNC) in 2012,\u200b told The \u200bEpoch Times that if President Trump were imprisoned before the convention, the RNC would likely search for an alternative nominee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one believes Trump will be in prison, but if that were to happen \u2062I would almost guarantee another nominee,\u201d said \u200dMr. Anuzis. \u201cRNC rules\u200d are\u200c set on the first day of\u200c the convention and could easily make all delegates \u2018unbound,\u2019 freeing them up to select another nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Trump really were imprisoned, there is no one to strong-arm delegates on his behalf,\u201d he continued. \u2062\u201cThere\u200b are too many credible\u2062 alternatives that could win to believe\u2062 that would happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marina Medvin, a \u2062criminal attorney and \u200bcolumnist at Townhall, told The Epoch Times \u2062that constitutionally speaking there are no barriers to President Trump running a successful campaign from\u200d prison, although \u2063if he won he would be unable to carry out the job effectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u200c is incarcerated in the middle of a campaign he simply can\u2019t campaign in person,&#8221; said Ms. Medvin. &#8220;But he\u2019s not doing much in-person campaigning right now anyway. I\u2019m not sure that it would affect him one way or another, quite honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Trump is incarcerated\u2014in jail\u2014there is technically nothing in the law that stops \u2064him from being president because no law says that a president has to be a free\u200c man, that a president cannot be incarcerated.\u2062 Nothing in this example precludes his presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\u201cHowever, \u200cI \u2063think that if Trump were incarcerated he \u200bwould have a difficult time running the country out of a jail cell. There\u2019s nothing that technically precludes a precedent from running the country but \u200dI don\u2019t see \u200bhow he can\u2062 do the job effectively.\u201d<\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;Needlessly Drag\u200c Him Through the Mud&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Alex Haberbush, \u200bpresident of the Lex Rex Institute, a legal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-trumps-mounting-legal-woes-may-not-derail-his-campaign\/\" title=\"Trump's legal troubles may not hinder his campaign.\">public outreach\u2063 organization\u200b focused<\/a> on promoting constitutional law, told The Epoch Times that while President Trump will remain eligible to run, the legal establishment does not seriously intend to put him behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo\u2062 appear on\u200b the ballot as the Republican nominee, Trump must meet the \u2062ballot requirements for each state, most (if not all) of which automatically permit the Republican nominee\u200b to appear, so there is no inherent legal barrier to him running as the nominee,\u201d Mr. Haberbush explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is certainly qualified to hold office, even if he is convicted and\u200b even if he is\u200d imprisoned. How this would actually work, practically speaking, is another matter entirely. \u2063And the truth is that no one knows the answer to that question.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr. Haberbush\u200b also\u2064 argued that while President Trump&#8217;s imprisonment would inevitably provoke a constitutional crisis, the \u2063intense\u2064 logistics required make it a\u2063 highly\u200b unlikely scenario.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea\u200c of imprisoning Trump has\u2062 never been\u2063 seriously\u2062 on the \u2063table,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe sheer expense and logistics of keeping someone imprisoned with a full\u2062 Secret Service detail\u2014something he would get whether or not\u2063 he ever ran for president again\u2014makes it a possibility\u2063 well outside any serious consideration. That\u2019s not the goal. The goal is to waste Trump\u2019s time,\u2064 keep him \u200doff \u200bthe\u200b campaign trail, and needlessly drag him through the mud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts similarly point out that owing to the laborious nature of the legal system, President Trump is unlikely to have\u2064 been convicted of any crime by November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Backer, an experienced political lawyer who has served as counsel to 100 campaigns and candidates, PACs, and organizations, told The Epoch Times that\u2062 each individual trial will take months to reach \u200da satisfactory conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is almost no likelihood a trial will be finished before the election,\u201d Mr. Backer said. \u201cThe massive volume of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-selection-resumes-in-derek-chauvin-trial-half-chosen\/\" title=\"Jury selection resumes in Derek Chauvin trial, half chosen\">pre-trial motions<\/a> alone will take a great\u2062 deal of time to wade through. And while the judges are inconsiderate as to his campaigning needs\u2014four simultaneous prosecutions \u200dwill force accommodation as to scheduling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, the trial alone will take months. Any loss by Trump will surely be appealed \u200das well. The wheels of justice move slowly, like\u2063 a snail on a hot day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As President\u200c Trump\u2019s march toward the\u2064 nomination appears increasingly inevitable, his\u2063 opponents must be asking what, if anything, they\u2062 can do to stop him.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his critics, including fellow Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, have suggested he should be ineligible to run on\u2064 grounds of violating the 14th\u200b Amendment because \u200cof his role in \u2063the\u200b Capitol\u2063 breach on Jan. 6, 2021. Although the plan may appear\u200d far-fetched, progressive legal\u200b groups are already\u200c filing lawsuits in several states with a view to having President Trump removed from \u2062the ballot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">If these lawsuits \u200cfail and they are unable to \u200ddefeat him at \u200bthe ballot box, their best hope may\u200d be that health concerns force him to pull out of the\u200b race. President Trump\u200c has alluded to\u200b this himself, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/07\/trump-interview-jan6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> last year: \u201cYou always \u2063have to\u2064 talk about\u200d health. You look like you\u2019re in good\u2063 health, but tomorrow, you get\u200b a letter from a doctor saying come see \u2062me again. That\u2019s\u200b not good when they use the word\u2064 again.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>The truth of the matter regarding the possibility of President Trump \u2063returning to the White House\u200d is that no one really \u2062knows what will happen. However improbable it may seem,\u2064 President Trump has confounded\u200b his critics\u200b ever since he came down the escalator to announce his\u2063 presidential campaign at Trump Tower in June 2015. The only thing\u200b that we know for sure is that it is bound to be interesting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><em>Views expressed in this article \u200dare opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect\u200d the views of The Epoch Times.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How might \u200dTrump&#8217;s legal woes \u2062impact his reputation and political influence among his base\u200b of supporters?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Arantee the RNC would\u200d select someone else,\u201d Anuzis said. \u201cThe\u2064 stakes are too\u2063 high for the \u2063party to risk nominating a candidate who\u200b is unable to campaign and potentially unable to fulfill the duties of the presidency if elected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the ultimate decision on whether to replace a nominee \u2062would likely rest\u200c with the RNC delegates \u200bat the convention. It would be a highly contentious and unprecedented situation, as delegates would have to weigh the\u2062 potential legal troubles against the loyalty\u200d and support that Trump commands within the \u200dparty.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts \u2063argue that even if Trump were convicted and imprisoned,\u200d his base of supporters would remain fiercely loyal to him. They believe that his legal woes would only further solidify his image as a victim of the so-called\u200b &#8220;deep\u200d state&#8221; and \u2063strengthen support among his followers.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, there are those who\u200d argue that Trump&#8217;s legal troubles would be\u2062 damaging to his reputation and \u200dpolitical \u200binfluence.\u200c They point \u200cto the example of\u2063 former Vice \u200bPresident Spiro \u2064Agnew, \u2063who resigned \u200cfrom\u200b office\u200b in\u200b 1973 after pleading no contest to\u200d charges of\u2062 tax\u200b evasion. Agnew&#8217;s political\u2063 career was effectively ended by \u200bthe scandal,\u200d and he faded into relative obscurity.<\/p>\n<p>But President\u200d Trump has proven\u200b time and again that he is adept at commanding media attention and shaping narratives to his advantage. \u2063Despite a tumultuous \u2063presidency and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-the-politics-of-weaponized-car-attacks\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: The Politics Of Weaponized Car Attacks\">multiple legal battles<\/a>, he has\u200c managed to \u2062maintain a loyal base of supporters who view him as a champion of their values and \u200das a crusader against \u2063the \u2063establishment.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200cfor the legal process itself, President\u2062 Trump\u2064 is entitled to a fair trial\u200c and due process of law. It is ultimately up to the courts to determine his guilt or\u200b innocence and\u200c impose appropriate punishment if necessary. While the wheels of\u200d justice may turn slowly, \u200bthe outcome of his legal battles will have far-reaching \u200bimplications for the future of American politics.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u2062 former President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2063 legal woes have not dampened his popularity among his base of\u200c supporters. His status as a\u200c former president and\u200c his ability \u2064to shape\u2064 narratives have shielded him from the full impact \u2064of the charges against him. However, the coming months and years will undoubtedly\u2063 bring further twists and turns in his legal \u200dbattles, and the ultimate\u200c outcome \u200bremains uncertain. Only time will tell how these legal \u200bwoes will affect \u2063his political future and the Republican Party as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed\u200d in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the \u200bofficial policy or position of The \u2064Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<h4>Follow@EpochTimes<\/h4>\n<h5>Read More:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/it-was-my-decision-trump-defends-2020-election-challenge-5493032\">\u2018It Was My\u2063 Decision\u2019: Trump\u200b Defends 2020 Election Challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-says-america-not-much-of-a-democracy-right-now-5492998\">Trump Says America Not &#8216;Much of a Democracy Right \u2064Now&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Epoch Times staff contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>leading candidate and his loyal base of supporters have allowed him to defy conventional expectations. 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