Good morning. It is Sunday, July the 23rd. I'm Ali Valshi. At this point next year,

the Republican National Convention will have just concluded, and the party will have officially chosen

its nominee for the 2024 presidential election. If things continue to go the way they're going now,

consider this possibility. The next Republican nominee could be a twice impeached, at least

twice convicted felon, still awaiting or in the midst of trial for other crimes. Before the RNC even

begins on July 15th of next year, Donald Trump, the current frontrunner

for the nomination by a country mile, will have stood before a judge and a jury as a defendant

in at least two criminal cases, one involving the hush money payments made to the adult film

star Stormy Daniels ostensibly to avoid the bad press of her allegation of an affair with Donald Trump,

which he denies. And the other regarding the federal case out of Florida, regarding the classified

documents and government records that Trump improperly hoarded at Mar-a-Lago.

Now, we all know that the disgraced former president appears likely to be criminally indicted

for a third time in special counsel

Jack Smith's other federal investigation involving interference in the 2020 elections.

And a fourth indictment is possible later this summer out of Fulton County, Georgia for

similar efforts to interfere in that state's elections.

According to reporting by NBC News, the target letter that Donald Trump received from

Jack Smith outlined three statutes under which the former president could be charged.

Deprivation of rights under color of law, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and witness

tampering.

Now, it's important to hold Trump accountable

in the hush money payments scheme and the classified documents matter. But these election

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