{"id":568824,"date":"2023-04-05T00:54:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T21:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T00:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T21:54:45","slug":"5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment\/","title":{"rendered":"#5 quick takeaways from Trump\u2019s arraignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278141b0f29\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278141b0f29\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment\/#The_imagery_was_bad_for_Trump\" >The imagery was bad for Trump<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment\/#But_the_substance_of_the_charges_was_underwhelming\" >But the substance of the charges was underwhelming<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment\/#It_keeps_Trumps_GOP_rivals_in_a_box\" >It keeps Trump\u2019s GOP rivals in a box<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment\/#Its_still_not_good_for_Trump_and_women_voters\" >It\u2019s still not good for Trump and women voters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-quick-takeaways-from-trumps-arraignment\/#But_in_the_end%E2%80%A6_what_changes\" >But in the end\u2026 what changes?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Trump officially became the first former commander-in-chief to be charged with a crime on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The global spotlight was on the courthouse in Lower Manhattan, where a 34-count indictment was unsealed.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>All those counts relate to falsifying business records, though an accompanying \u201cStatement of Facts\u201d from prosecutors alleges this was done \u201cto conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond those basic facts, here are the big takeaways.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_imagery_was_bad_for_Trump\"><\/span>The imagery was bad for Trump<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even though the former president\u2019s arraignment had been anticipated for days, the actual footage packed a real punch.<\/p>\n<p>A TV clip, lasting only a few seconds, of a grim-faced Trump walking into the courtroom was especially powerful \u2014 and bad for the former president.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for the still photos from within the courtroom \u2014 where live footage was banned by the judge \u2014 showing the president and his lawyers at the defendant\u2019s table.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Even some Democrats acknowledge the underlying case is not the strongest, or most serious, of the legal probes with which Trump is faced.<\/p>\n<p>But Tuesday was about a former president and current presidential candidate under arrest and criminally charged. That basic reality is a problem for Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?w=900\" alt=\"Former President Trump\" class=\"wp-image-3934355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=645,363 645w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_040423upi_w.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Former President Trump arrives inside State Supreme Court at for his arraignment after a grand jury indictment in New York City on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"But_the_substance_of_the_charges_was_underwhelming\"><\/span>But the substance of the charges was underwhelming<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) is going into the history books one way or another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But neither the indictment itself, nor the Statement of Facts, will quell nervousness among Trump critics about the flimsiness of his case.<\/p>\n<p>There was no smoking gun here, nor were there any truly dramatic new details.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment simply laid out the counts in bare-bones fashion, cataloging the dates and kind of financial paperwork that, Bragg alleges, falsely concealed payments to Trump\u2019s erstwhile attorney and fixer Michael Cohen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Those payments were, according to Cohen, intended to reimburse him for a $130,000 payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels, made in the closing days of the 2016 election campaign, to buy her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump had married his current wife, Melania, the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The statement of facts outlined details already known about those payments to Daniels \u2014 as well as a separate deal whereby a magazine publisher and Trump ally bought the rights to the story of a former Playboy model, Karen McDougal.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The only new detail was a tale of a former doorman who had allegedly been trying to sell a story that Trump had fathered a child with someone who was not his wife. But there <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be huge doubts about the veracity of that tale.<\/p>\n<p>Long story short, the legal documents unveiled on Tuesday were underwhelming \u2014 and that\u2019s very good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for Trump.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_keeps_Trumps_GOP_rivals_in_a_box\"><\/span>It keeps Trump\u2019s GOP rivals in a box<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Politically, the biggest losers from Tuesday\u2019s proceedings might have been Trump\u2019s rivals for the 2024 GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Bragg\u2019s failure to produce any stronger case will almost certainly intensify the rallying-around Trump from Republican voters. The former president has seen his poll ratings rise in several surveys since news broke of his indictment.<\/p>\n<p>That keeps Trump\u2019s challengers \u2014 declared and potential \u2014 in a box. They want to differentiate themselves from Trump, but they can\u2019t afford to alienate his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, they can\u2019t breathe in the oxygen of publicity at all.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump went into Tuesday the clear front-runner for the GOP nomination \u2014 and that has not changed.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_still_not_good_for_Trump_and_women_voters\"><\/span>It\u2019s still not good for Trump and women voters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The underlying alleged behavior on Trump\u2019s part is still problematic, especially among female voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A case that may go on for months is built around sexual encounters while married, with a porn star and a Playboy model.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lurid deals surely won\u2019t endear Trump to women, whose lack of support was pivotal to the former president\u2019s 2020 loss.<\/p>\n<p>According to a voter analysis from The Associated Press and Fox News that year, President Biden bested Trump by 12 points among all women and 19 points among suburban women.<\/p>\n<p>This case won\u2019t make it any easier to win those voters back.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"But_in_the_end%E2%80%A6_what_changes\"><\/span>But in the end\u2026 what changes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Trump\u2019s poll ratings with the public at large change only within rather narrow parameters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost eight years since Trump launched his first presidential campaign at Trump Tower. In the intervening time, public opinion about him, good and bad, has set in concrete.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s events were historically important and an epic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s tough to see how they\u00a0affect the nation\u2019s political dynamics in any seismic way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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