Former President Trump believes Republicans will rally around him if a grand jury charges him in the case involving an alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, three people tell NBCNews.
doesn't want to be indicted, but he believes Republicans will rally around him if a grand jury in Manhattan charges him in the case involving an alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, according to four people familiar with the sentiments of Trump and his team.
A"war room" mentality now permeates Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Fla., nerve center of Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, said two people who recently spent time there. Aides have been"slammed," these sources said, as they respond to — and work to turn — the possible indictment into a political boon.
One of the sources, who spoke with Trump in the last week, told NBC News that any suggestion Trump wants to be indicted is false. A second source who is close to Trump explained that the former president understands all that an arrest would entail in terms of his public image and the distraction that an arraignment and trial would create for his campaign.
At the same time, all of the sources said, the former president is keenly aware of the political opportunity created by a fight with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. "This is a guy that for decades has spent his life trying to not be indicted,” said a onetime Trump campaign official who is in contact with the former president's team. “He thinks it’s a really bad look. But there’s just obvious political advantage. The rally around the flag is something that this man has spent his entire eight years in politics benefiting from.”Trump remains optimistic that Bragg will decline to charge him, the source close to the former president said.
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