Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?
by The Republic
The Republic— WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two separate cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power. Yet it’s a New York case centered on payments to silence an adult film actress that might provide the only legal reckoning this year on whether he tried to undermine a pillar of American democracy. Continue reading at The Republic News.
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