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Trump's aides express fear he'll hold a press conference after his Manhattan arraignment
April 01, 2023
In a deep dive into how Donald Trump is handling his indictment that will lead to him making an appearance in a Manhattan courtroom next week, the Washington Post is reporting that aides to the former president are attempting to make plans to get him there and back without any new controversies erupting.
As Post notes, Trump's mood since receiving notice a Manhattan grand jury has submitted a sealed indictment on Thursday has been described by insiders as ranging from “upset,” to “irritated,” to “deflated” and “shocked.”
After receiving the bad news, the former president quizzed his legal team on how he will be treated and what he can expect when he turns himself in while his aides make travel arrangements.
According to the report, his advisers are urging him to show up and then get out of town as quickly as possible avoiding any public appearances.
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Those same aides also worry he will create problems if the publicity-hungry Trump decides to address the press after being booked, fingerprinted and facing a judge.
The Post reports, "Trump and his team have not decided yet what arguments to make or which lawyers will speak during his arraignment Tuesday, in part because they have not seen the indictment or evidence."
The report went on to add, "Despite Trump’s desire for iconic images, his aides have been trying to convince him to make the trip to New York a quick one and avoid any public appearances or news conferences, citing safety risks — and so far, Trump seems inclined to oblige. They also hope to have him back out on the campaign trail by the end of next week."
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During an appearance on MSNBC's 'The Alex Witt Show. the Guardian's Hugo Lowell claimed Donald Trump has been going through mood swings at the prospect of his indictment and now he is vacillating over being handcuffed when he appears at his arraignment in Manhattan next week.
"I know a couple of weeks ago, you reported that Trump wanted to be handcuffed, wanted to make a spectacle of his arrest," host Witt prompted. "Now that his arraignment is imminent, does he still want t be handcuffed in public? What are you hearing on that?"
"Yeah, it's difficult to get a sense of what Trump feels at this moment," the reporter replied. "You know, his mood has fluctuated in recent weeks -- he's gone from real anger towards the fact that he was going to get indicted, to this resignation that if he was going to get indicted then, you know, might as well come to New York and he wanted to be handcuffed."
"And he was very specific to aides about, you know, he wanted his hands behind his back and so he could project this sharp defiance--,'" he continued with Witt interrupting, "Hang on a second. Wait, wait he wanted his hands behind his back? We don't even see that anymore, don't we see people with the hands cuffed in front? So, he wanted to take the extra dramatic step to show himself, like, 'oh, you know,' ... that's strange."
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"No, he was very specific in that instruction and I think it kind of took his aides by the surprise," Lowell replied. "They did not anticipate this level of insistence from Trump. Certainly when he then said, you know, 'I don't care if it's a security concern, I want to be a martyr,' I think that solidified in that moment what Trump wanted. But when the indictment actually came down, his response was much more muted and, I think, it's one thing to be talking about a potential indictment, but once you actually get hit with an indictment it is a completely different story."
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With pundits and Republicans claiming the indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will only boost his 2024 presidential prospects, not everyone on the conservative side sees a criminal indictment as a positive game-changer for the embattled former president.
According to a report from the New York Times, Trump's rivals for the 2024 presidential nod have not only balked at using it to their advantage -- for now -- but have lined up behind Trump and expressed outrage at the historic indictment, which can only end up increasing his chances of skating through the primary.
The report went on to add that Trump's team was surprised at the outpouring of support and he was urged by them to thank them -- but to no avail so far.
As much as the former president has solidified the GOP ranks behind him -- with the exception of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) being conspicuously silent -- big-money donors are reportedly not flocking to jump back on the Trump train.
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As the Times reported, "One major donor, who is not yet committed to a 2024 candidate, doubted that the indictment would sway many deep-pocketed Republicans who have already made up their mind one way or the other about Mr. Trump, calling it a 'so what?' moment."
A top GOP strategist also suggested that the outrage by Trump zealots that the indictment is "political" won't move the needle for independent voters who stayed away from voting for the former president in droves in 2020 and contributed to his loss to Joe Biden.
According to the Times, "Mike DuHaime, a veteran Republican strategist, wrote on Twitter that Mr. Trump’s indictment 'wins back absolutely zero voters who left him between 2016 and 2020,'"
“No independent who voted for Biden thinks Trump is a martyr or victim suddenly worthy of support,” Mr. DuHaime wrote.
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