A two-term governor from a Democratic-leaning state, the brash and charismatic Christie was once viewed as a rising Republican star who held rare cross-party appeal.
The Florida governor framed himself as a get-it-done executive who stood up to the federal government over COVID policies and who has put an indelibly conservative stamp on his home state.
All of us who vote are similar to members of a large board of directors of a large company. When we vote, we’re hiring someone to do an important and serious job for us.
Trump made no effort to offer more moderate positions on issues, which political analysts say is key to broadening his appeal to a wider swath of Republicans.
Biden’s age makes his re-election bid a historic and risky gamble for the Democratic Party, which faces a tough election map to hold the Senate in 2024 and is the minority in the House.
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"Members of Congress are not free to invade New York's sovereign authority for their or Mr. Trump's political aims," Bragg's office wrote in the lawsuit.
Letting voters decide Trump’s fate might help restore some of the public’s faith in the legal and political systems which are now in serious disrepair.
A grand jury indicted Trump on Thursday for his alleged role in hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump and his allies in the House of Representatives and Senate have used rhetoric that echoed his false claims of widespread election fraud in the build-up to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
"I don't know how all this is going to go down. There's no textbook to see how you arraign a former president of the United States in criminal court," Tacopina said.
A grand jury began hearing evidence about Trump's role in the payment to Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election that he ended up winning.
