While the jury is expected to begin deliberating this Wednesday (29), former US President Donald Trump and his team are preparing for a possible conviction in his criminal case of concealing bribe payments.
While there is still hope for a hung jury, legal advisers have warned Trump and his team to prepare for a possible conviction in the case.
Privately, Trump asked allies what the outcome would be, while complaining that the trial was rigged against him.
The former president has speculated that he will be convicted, citing the judge’s jury instructions, as well as the fact that the jury will be made up of Manhattan residents, given the area’s liberal leanings.
Despite the potential outcome, Trump aides remain largely confident that the former president, his team and high-level Republicans did the work to push the narrative that the case was political from the start and that Trump would never succeed. a fair trial.
While advisors acknowledge this is ultimately uncharted territory, given this narrative, they do not believe there will be a major impact on the November general election.
“It’s all about the message — before the trial, during the trial and after the trial,” a source close to Trump told CNN. “(The message) is only improved if there is a conviction.”
Trump’s advisers said they did not believe a possible conviction would have a dramatic impact on Trump’s poll numbers and overall standing in the race.
While they note that it is likely that some voters will decide that they will not vote for him if he is convicted, they do not consider that this number of voters is large enough to have a real impact.
This optimistic stance on the part of those close to Trump is totally different from eight months ago, when advisers, in particular, feared that a conviction in any of the cases against Trump could have the power to destroy his third presidential bid.
Advisers cited the former president’s consistent poll numbers despite the ongoing legal risk, as well as the current state of the economy, as reasons for the now more optimistic outlook.
“The central issue voters care about continues to be inflation. The fact that Donald Trump is convicted or not doesn’t change that,” said the source.
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