CNN yesterday quoted legal experts as saying that former President Trump is applying a strategy of using civil rights protections provided by the US Constitution to push back the deadline for four criminal trials until after the November election.
Good news for Mr. Trump
On March 13 (US time), Judge Scott McAfee of the Fulton County Superior Court (Georgia) removed 6 charges in the prosecution file of Mr. Trump and his accomplices suspected of interfering in the 2020 US presidential election in this state. According to Reuters, Judge McAfee said that the charges lacked details and did not allow the defendants enough time to prepare their defense. All of the above charges fall into the category of "incitement to violate the oath of office". Although Judge McAfee still kept the remaining charges, this is still good news for Mr. Trump. However, the former president is still facing a total of 88 charges in 4 criminal trials.
Mr. Trump in Georgia on March 9
On March 15, Judge McAfee is expected to announce his decision on whether to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from serving as prosecutor in the Trump trial. This is because Willis was found to have had an affair with the special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she hired to investigate Trump in 2022. If Willis is disqualified from the criminal case, it would be a resounding victory for former President Trump, as the court would strip the entire Fulton County prosecutor’s office of its authority to prosecute and hand it over to someone else. This development is likely to further delay the trial, which will likely not begin until next year.
In Florida, in the trial of classified documents discovered in Mr. Trump's private home, Judge Aileen Cannon yesterday heard the legal team representing Mr. Trump present arguments to convince the presiding judge to dismiss the case.
Biden's strategy
While his Republican rival deals with criminal trials, President Joe Biden continues his campaign in battleground states. Biden traveled to Wisconsin on March 13, focusing his efforts on suburban women, black voters and Latino voters in the Midwest.
Mr. Biden campaigned in Wisconsin on March 13.
President Biden announced more than $3 billion in infrastructure investment for disadvantaged communities across 40 states. "I'm here to announce this kind of investment to help right historic wrongs," AFP quoted Mr. Biden as saying in Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The leader assessed that these projects could help improve the lives of black, Latino and Chinese communities in states, including Wisconsin.
A recent USA Today /Suffolk University (Boston, Massachusetts) poll found that Trump is leading President Biden by a small margin. 40% of respondents supported Trump, while 38% chose Biden.
Republican majority weakened in House of Representatives
From March 22, the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives will be thinner with the decision to resign of Representative Ken Buck representing Colorado, according to Fox News. This is a surprising decision because Mr. Buck left the House of Representatives a few months early, before his final term ended. Mr. Buck did not disclose the reason for his resignation. After Congressman Buck left, the Republican Party only had 218 seats, leading to an extremely fragile gap compared to the 213 seats of the Democratic Party. Thus, to continue to maintain the majority in the House of Representatives, the Republican Party can only lose 2 seats in the election next November.
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