Hi Indyvidual

Yes the whole spectacle of Trump in court may make him a martyr in the eyes of many undecided US voters.

ie. The court process against Trump may actually help Trump's presidential campaign.

Any publicity is often good publicity for Trump.

Did her sleep with her? Uncontested.

Did he pay her off? Uncontested.

Was there the use of campaign funds to do so? Uncontested.

Was there an attempt to hide the diversion of funds through doctoring books? Uncontested.

Is that a crime? Uncontested. His lawyer was convicted of it.

So it comes down the question of Trump's involvement in the crime and surely it is perfectly reasonable for that to be tested at court.

Those against it are basically saying they are fine with one rule for the rich and bugger the rest of us.

When Hilary agreed to fund the Steele dossier, she paid moneys from her campaign funds to her lawyers who then passed it on to the Steele and his co-conspirators to fund what turned out to be an entirely fictional set of claims about Trump.

Did she pay for it....uncontested.
Was there the use of campaign funds to do so? Uncontested.
Was there an attempt to hide the diversion of funds through doctoring books? Uncontested.
Is that a crime? Uncontested.

All this has already been tested and acknowledged by the Hilary gang.

She and her campaign we found guilty of committing an election funding misdemeanour.

The result? A fine which they tried to keep quiet, paid without any fanfare and moved on as though nothing had happened.

What Trump did, if indeed he was involved, was basically the same thing which is why the Feds declined to prosecute. But Trump is a special case and the Democratic regime and its underlings are determined to destroy him as a threat to their wealth and power.

So two levels of justice. Yep. One for the Democrats and their hangers on, and one for any MAGA supporters.

Want to see other examples? Look at how Bill Clinton was handled when he paid to suppress evidence of extra-marital relations with Paula Jones.

Or John Edwards who paid to hide his mistress while running as Gore's VP.

Want more evidence of different levels of justice depending on your political stance. See the difference between how the BLM rioters were handled and say, Jacob Chansley, who was jailed for his part in the J6 protest after evidence was supressed.

Trump is effectively leader of the opposition in the USA. Any country that tries to criminalise its political opponents is no longer a democracy.

I loathe Trump and would be delighted if he is properly found guilty of some of his crimes, but I worry this case may actually work to his advantage. The case seems complex, and even if he is guilty the offenses seem not particularly serious in the scheme of things. The accusation that it is politically motivated may have merit, and has forced even members of the Republican Party who oppose him to come to his defence. If the case fails (or even if it succeeds) it may make it harder to pursue the more serious charges against him, of improperly retaining classified documents, inciting the January 6 riots and interfering in the election results.

Meanwhile, it plays to his image as the persecuted and wronged outsider pursued by the establishment in an illegitimate attempt to thwart his rightful presidency.

According to tonight's news, donations are flooding in to help Trump and, and it was said that he is now a cert for the Republican nomination. Perhaps the behaviour of the Democrats and their blatant politicisation of the justice system will be what it takes to make the worms finally turn. Thankfully we don't have to worry ourselves about it, and we have enough problems of our own, with our Constitution currently under threat.

It will be interesting to see if Trump moves ahead of Biden, in the betting, as the slow wheels of the New York court system turn and the November 2024 Elections draw nearer.

A betting company (often accurate) using horse race like betting odds http://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/politics/us-politics/us-presidential-election-2024-5479667

Still puts Biden ahead 2.75

With Trump marginally behind 3.60

DeSantis, next most picked Republican candidate, at 4.50
is steadily falling behind Trump.