There are whispers in Trumpworld that if he goes on trial for the Stormy Daniels hush money case in Manhattan, he could squeak away with a "hung jury."
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said that former President Donald Trump's aides are banking on a happy ending in the the historic trial slated to begin April 15.
The case will determine if Trump is culpable of manufacturing bogus New York business records in order to mask damning information ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
"A lot of his aides will talk privately which is they believe there is a chance for a hung jury in the case," Haberman said while appearing on CNN's "The Source" with Kaitlin Collins.
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Haberman further explained this collective hope for a favorable outcome in the trial of the presumptive Republican nomination for president isn't necessarily unique.
"There's always a chance of a hung jury," she said. "It only takes one."
The chances the 45th president being the first in the nation’s history to be tried criminally moved a step closer after New York Judge Juan Merchan set a date to begin jury selection and rejected the Trump's attorneys' bid to get the case tossed.
Should Trump be tried and found guilty by a jury of his peers, insiders are telling Haberman that the damage might be bearable, stating, "they believe if he's convicted it's not the worst fact set for him legally."
Haberman suggested the case involving Stormy Daniels is a lower tiered case in terms of relevance for prospective voters when its sided up with other cases he's defending against.
"Maybe that's true when you compare it to the conspiracy to defraud the United States in terms of the J6 trial or the documents case in Florida," she said.
However, Haberman said that that no matter what transpires in the hush money case, it's his private actions being exposed publicly that will nonetheless unnerve him.
"It is a set of personal details that really get under his skin," she said. "He would in White House meetings just start talking about how he didn't actually have an affair with Stormy Daniels and he would ask people what they thought about him calling her 'Horse Face' and on and on and on. This is going to get under his skin."
What remains to be seen is how it will affect Trump "outside the courtroom" and on the "campaign trail" as he stumps toward November 5, when people vote for the next president.
But Haberman suggests there will be an effort to work what's happening in court into his rally material to rev up his MAGA base.
"We have seen his ire with these cases bleed into his rallies," she said. "And I anticipate that will be the same because he's likely going to be doing events on the weekend."
