{"id":568332,"date":"2023-04-01T12:12:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T09:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-indictment-ends-decades-of-perceived-invincibility\/"},"modified":"2023-04-01T12:12:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T09:12:58","slug":"trump-indictment-ends-decades-of-perceived-invincibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-indictment-ends-decades-of-perceived-invincibility\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 When Donald Trump<\/a> steps before a judge next week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom<\/a>, it will not only mark the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. It will also represent a reckoning for a man long nicknamed \u201cTeflon Don,\u201d who until now has managed to skirt serious legal jeopardy despite 40 years of legal scrutiny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump, who is the early frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, is expected to turn himself in Tuesday. He faces charges including at least one felony<\/a> offense related to hush money payments to women during his 2016 campaign. Like any other person facing trial, he will be booked, fingerprinted and photographed before being given the chance to enter a plea.<\/p>\n

The spectacle that is sure to unfold will mark an unprecedented moment in American history that will demonstrate once again how dramatically Trump \u2014 who already held the distinction of being the first president to be impeached twice \u2014 has upended democratic norms. But on a personal level, the indictment pierces the cloak of invincibility that seemed to follow Trump through his decades in business and in politics, as he faced allegations of fraud, collusion and sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoy, after all this time it\u2019s a bit of a shock,\u201d Trump biographer Michael D\u2019Antonio said of the indictment. \u201cYou know I always thought of him as the Gingerbread Man, shouting, \u2018You can\u2019t catch me!\u2019 as he ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven his track record,\u201d he said, \u201cI had trouble imagining he would ever be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are not things that Donald Trump ever thought in his entire life, nor I, for that matter, that he would ever be confronted with,\u201d Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime fixer and a key witness in the case who served jail time for the payments, told CNN.<\/p>\n

Of course, some of the celebration by Trump’s detractors may be premature. The former president could seek to have a judge quickly dismiss the case. And even if it moves forward, there’s no guarantee of conviction. Intensifying investigations in Atlanta and Washington are seen as potentially more serious legal threats.<\/p>\n

Still, Trump and his team were caught by surprise when word of the New York indictment broke Thursday evening, following news<\/a> reports that the grand jury hearing the case was set for a weeks-long hiatus. As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump’s orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought. That included Trump attorney Joe Tacopina, who said Friday morning he had hoped the \u201crule of law would prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump, he said on the \u201cToday” show, was \u201cinitially was shocked\u201d by news of the charges, but quickly pivoted to his usual pushback playbook.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter he got over that,” he said, Trump “put a notch on his belt and he decided we have to fight now. And he got into a typical Donald Trump posture where he\u2019s ready to be combative on something that he believes is an injustice. … I think he\u2019s now in the posture that he\u2019s ready to fight this.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Trump and his team have tried to use the news to his advantage, hoping to energize his loyal base by painting the investigation as part of a larger plot to derail his candidacy.<\/p>\n

Already, the charges have been a boon to his struggling fundraising. The campaign announced Friday evening that it had raised over $4 million in the 24 hours after the indictment became public, far smashing its previous record after the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.<\/p>\n

More than 25% of donations, according to the campaign, came from first-time donors. The average contribution: $34.<\/p>\n

His campaign also continued to blast out supportive statements from dozens of top Republicans who have rallied behind Trump, including several of his declared and likely challengers, underscoring his continued hold on the party. Trump has been in contact by phone with key congressional allies, including members of House leadership and top committees, according to people familiar with the conversations, who, like others, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the response.<\/p>\n

Trump ally Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who formally endorsed the former president Friday, said Trump \u201cdoesn\u2019t back down” and was going to “fight back,” telling a local radio show it was “yet another chapter where Donald Trump is going to come back on top in the end.”<\/p>\n

The media<\/a> maelstrom has catapulted the former president back into the spotlight he craves, at least temporarily limiting attention being paid to his rivals, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a>, who is widely expected to challenge Trump for the nomination, and has been holding events across the county to promote his book.<\/p>\n

Trump aides have been discussing other ideas to maximize the situation, including the possibility of holding a press event either before or after the arraignment. Trump is expected to travel<\/a> from Florida to New York on Monday and stay overnight at Trump Tower in Lower Manhattan before heading to the courthouse early Tuesday. He will then return to Florida after the arraignment.<\/p>\n

Trump has long denied that he had a sexual encounter with the porn actor known as Stormy Daniels and has blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for pursuing the years-old case.<\/p>\n

Trump is also facing continued investigations in Georgia, over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and in Washington, where a special counsel is probing the events of Jan. 6, 2021, as well as Trump’s handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and potential obstruction of the investigation.<\/p>\n

But Sam Nunberg, a longtime former aide who broke with Trump years ago, said that while he no longer supports Trump, he believes the Manhattan case is \u201ca waste of time,” given the allegations, which remain under seal. And he said he was skeptical it would ultimately matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t surprise me,” he said of the indictment. \u201cWhat would surprise me is if he actually ended up behind bars in prison and I don\u2019t see that happ<\/a>ening.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u2019Antonio said that sentiment \u2014 and a continued belief that Trump will somehow prevail and dodge the charges \u2014 continues among the many people who have reached out to him in the last 24 hours, despite the charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re like, he’s going to get away with it,” he said. “Somehow, he\u2019s going to get it thrown out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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