Remember ALL that about the Manhattan first Donald Trump Criminal Trial being ‘no BIG deal?’
That WAS THEN…..
A majority of U.S. voters consider the criminal charges in New York related to a hush money payment against former President Trump to be serious, per new polling.
Why it matters: Trump is days away from the start of the first trial out of the four criminal cases against him, while electioneering for the presidency.
- The New York trial, set to start on April 15 with jury selection, concerns a 2016 payment allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
- About 4 in 10 Republican respondents considered the hush money charges to be serious.
- Two-thirds of independents also deemed the charges serious.
By the numbers: 64% of registered voters described the charges as at least “somewhat serious,” according to Reuters/Ipsos poll data published Wednesday…..
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