The Political World Braces for a Possible Trump Indictment

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The former President signals he could be indicted this week on charges related to hush-money payments to his alleged mistress. What's behind Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's revival of a seven-year-old case, and what are the political implications? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.4	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:25.5	Well, Alvin Bragg really do it by that.
0:28.5	I mean, will he really indict Donald Trump for improper accounting of a hush money payment
0:34.7	to an alleged mistress?
0:37.2	That seems to be the case.
0:38.3	As leaks from the Manhattan DA's office suggest the former president could be charged
0:42.7	as early as this week.
0:44.8	Mr. Trump says it will happen Tuesday, though it doesn't appear as if he has been told
0:49.4	that by the district attorney.
0:51.2	In any case, the Trump political circus continues.
0:55.4	What does it mean as a matter of law and for the 2024 election?
1:00.2	I'm Paul Gigo, head of Toriel Page Editor of the Wall Street Journal here with my distinguished
1:06.1	colleagues.
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1:10.5	Hello, Bill.
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