Donald Trump is anticipated to fly to New York this week from his residence in Florida to be arrested. For now, the precise expenses are unknown as a result of the indictment is below seal, however they contain his position within the cost of hush cash in the course of the 2016 presidential marketing campaign to cowl up an extramarital affair.

That will help you prepare for the week forward, I talked with my colleague Maggie Haberman, who’s recognized for her behind-the-scenes reporting on Trump.

David: You’ve reported that Trump and his aides have been shocked by the information and didn’t anticipate an indictment for just a few weeks — if in any respect. What’s the ambiance like at Mar-a-Lago on the times after?

Maggie: They’re nonetheless attempting to evaluate what is going on on just a few fronts. One is the political entrance, which I’d say they have been most ready on.

One other is the authorized entrance, which is messy as a result of his staff has had a number of infighting, and there’s finger pointing about why they have been so caught off guard. The legal professionals additionally don’t but know the fees as a result of it’s a sealed indictment.

Lastly, there may be the emotional entrance. Whereas Trump just isn’t mentioned to be throwing issues, he’s extraordinarily indignant and his household is, not surprisingly, rattled.

The opposite circumstances

David: My intuition is that this indictment might make an indictment in one of many different circumstances — the investigations into Trump’s actions in Georgia after the 2020 election, his involvement within the Jan. 6 assault and his dealing with of categorised paperwork — extra probably. In any case, one of many points apparently giving pause to prosecutors was the concept that they might be the primary ever to indict an ex-president. That potential barrier is gone. No one can know what’s going to occur in these different circumstances, however does that primary dynamic appear appropriate?

Maggie: You elevate some extent some legal professionals have raised privately. All of the prosecutors have been involved about being first with a historic precedent. And now there’s a damaged seal of types. That mentioned, Republicans who dislike Trump are saying privately they need this case wasn’t first as a result of they view it as extra trivial than the others.

David: Is there a type of different investigations that almost all worries Trumpworld?

Maggie: Georgia has bothered Trump personally for some time, probably as a result of there are tapes of him telling officers to search out votes. A few of his aides are very fearful in regards to the paperwork investigation that the Justice Division has. It’s a clearer-cut problem, and a federal choose overseeing grand jury issues confirmed in a latest ruling that she’s taking the federal government’s claims significantly.

David: Trump has confronted main authorized threats to his enterprise profession prior to now and all the time managed to flee prison expenses. How does this examine to these earlier threats?

Maggie: Trump has been attempting to keep away from being indicted since he was first criminally investigated within the Seventies. He truly hasn’t confronted huge prison authorized threats since then. He has as a substitute operated in a world wherein a lot relies on machine politics and what Marie Brenner, the journalist, as soon as described as New York’s “favor financial system.”

A mission involving two of his youngsters was investigated by the Manhattan district legal professional a couple of decade in the past, however for quite a lot of causes there have been no indictments. Then, when he was president, he was protected due to a Justice Division opinion towards indicting a sitting president. It’s price remembering his firm was convicted on 17 counts of tax fraud and different crimes final yr. So that is one thing of a gradual roll.

Trump up, DeSantis down

David: The previous couple of weeks of Republican major polls have appeared fairly good for Trump: He’s up, and Ron DeSantis is down. Relying on which polls you imagine, Trump both has a large lead or the 2 are shut. Aside from the indictment, why do Trump and his staff assume he’s surged? And the way do they see the politics of an indictment enjoying out?

Maggie: I feel almost each nationwide ballot reveals Trump with a large lead. Polls this early aren’t nice predictors, however they’re a snapshot of what has been fairly sturdy assist Trump has amongst Republican major voters.

Trump’s staff thinks it’s had a fairly good few months politically — it has, in equity — and that DeSantis has struggled to achieve traction. That’s putting since DeSantis has been on a e book tour. Trump’s staff believes this indictment will assist him elevate cash and will give him some increase — and perhaps political antibodies when and if future indictments come from different investigations.

It was misplaced on nobody on Trump’s staff that DeSantis — after initially attempting to attenuate a doable indictment as a problem that voters care about and talking about it later than different Republicans — rushed out with an announcement as soon as an indictment occurred attacking it as “un-American” and saying Florida wouldn’t assist extradite Trump. It tells you a fantastic deal in regards to the grip Trump nonetheless has.

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• For Western Christians, at the moment is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week.

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