Donald Trump arriving for his civil fraud trial in New York.Photo:Michael M. Santiago/Getty
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With the timing ofDonald Trump’s criminal trials hanging in the balance, a majority of Americans believe that his fate should be decided before voters head to the polls in November.
A newCNN-SSRS pollshows that 48% of Americans say it’s “essential” that a verdict is reached in his federal2020 election subversion casebefore the next election occurs, while another 16% say they’d “prefer” to see a verdict reached prior. A minority of respondents — 11% — say that a trial should be postponed until after votes are cast.
Also in the poll, 74% of respondents said they do not believe Trump would concede the upcoming election if he lost to Joe Biden on the general ballot.
Donald Trump is arraigned at the Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023.SETH WENIG/POOL/AFP via Getty
All four of the recent criminal investigations into Trump have led to indictments — the first one making him the only U.S. president to face criminal charges, and the next two further distinguishing him as the only president to face federal charges.
Trump’s fourth indictment came last August after Georgia prosecutors presented evidence to a grand jury regarding the former president’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.
Trump’s ongoing legal issues don’t end with the criminal investigations. In January, the former president wasordered to pay formerElleadvice columnist E. Jean Carroll $83.3 millionas punishment for disparaging her in 2019 and denying that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
Trump is holding onto his lead over Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primaries, and recently won both theIowa caucusesandNew Hampshire primary.
source: people.com
