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Trump's indictment over the Stormy Daniels payment could change the outlook for the still-forming field of Republican presidential candidates in 2024 The bombshell indictment of former President Donald Trump in New York City is history-making, even as much remains currently unknown about the criminal accusations he faces. Beyond the legal implications, Trump being formally accused of a crime could change the outlook for the still-forming field of Republican presidential candidates in 2024 -- either rallying primary voters primed by his talk of the "deep state" and "retribution" or opening up an unprecedented line of criticism for Trump's rivals. The indictment itself isn't disqualifying, legally speaking. The U.S. Constitution doesn't prevent people under indictment or criminal investigation from running for the White House, experts have told ABC News, so the former president could still be reelected despite the indictment -- and would still be el...

A plurality of Americans think Trump should have been charged by a Manhattan grand jury with an indictment, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll A plurality of Americans think former President Donald Trump should have been charged by a Manhattan grand jury with a History -making indictment , yet a near equal amount believe that the charges against him are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. According to the poll, 45% think Trump should have been charged with a crime in this case, whereas 32% don't think so and 23% say they don't know. Democrats are, unsurprisingly, rallying behind the grand jury's decision. Almost nine in 10 Democrats (88%) think Trump should have been charged in the investigation by the Manhattan D.A., which has been probing a $130,000 hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels who alleges the two had an affair. Trump has long denied these claims. Compared with Democrats, Republicans are less united. While a ma...

Former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is both troubling and historic. Former President Donald Trump’s indictment in New York is historic: never before has a former president been indicted for an alleged crime. The closest would have been former President Richard Nixon, who was on the cusp of being indicted by a federal grand jury on four criminal counts for his role in the 1970s Watergate Scandal . His resignation and pardon by President Gerald Ford spared both Nixon and the nation from enduring a potential criminal federal presidential trial. Now Trump’s indictment by a grand jury in Manhattan on 34 felonies pertaining to an alleged scheme to catch and kill disparaging stories ahead of the 2016 election has opened up many questions including the role and scope of Secret Service protection, including whether it would extend to him if he were convicted and incarcerated. Trump has entered a not guilty plea and he and his legal tea...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he hopes the DOJ doesn't move forward with an indictment. Former President Donald Trump's political rivals and allies alike are weighing in as he faces a potential second indictment. With Trump on notice that he is facing the prospect of indictment in connection to a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents while out of office, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News, politicians have offered a range of responses, from more cautious refrains of "wait and see" to calls for him to suspend his campaign. Here’s what they’ve had to say so far. 2024 rivals Mike Pence, Trump's vice-president-turned-2024-opponent, said Thursday he hopes another indictment is not imminent. "I would hope the Department of Justice did not move forward. Not because I know the facts, but simply because I think after years where we've seen a politicization of the Justice Department is to undermine c...

While a plurality of Americans supports the second Trump indictment, a familiar partisan divide has reemerged, polling shows. A plurality of Americans think that former President Donald Trump should have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to his handling of classified documents, yet a near equal number say the charges are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Trump willfully retained documents containing the nation's most sensitive intelligence after he left office, exhibited some of them on at least two occasions and then tried to obstruct the investigation into their whereabouts, prosecutors allege in the indictment. Trump has repeatedly denied any allegations of wrongdoing. Nearly half -- 48% -- of Americans think Trump should have been charged in this case, whereas 35% think he should not have been and 17% saying they do not know, per the ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel. Not surprisingly, an overwhelm...

Lindsey Graham argued on "This Week" that Trump is "stronger" in his reelection campaign after last week's federal indictment over his handling of classified information Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's most ardent defenders on Capitol Hill, argued Sunday that in the wake of the former president's unprecedented federal indictment most conservatives see the case as politically motivated and Trump will emerge " stronger " in his reelection campaign. Graham, at times testy in his back-and-forth with ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos, was repeatedly pressed about specific allegations against Trump regarding Trump's handling of classified information while out of office -- including, prosecutors say, being recorded discussing a government secret with others while acknowledging it was still classified. "I don't know what happened, I haven't heard the audio," Graham, R-S.C., said, later adding...

Trump's federal indictment over how he allegedly handled government secrets is the most serious of his legal issues: Will it change the 2024 presidential election? Last week's indictment of Donald Trump, marking the first time a former president has ever faced federal charges, also created new questions about how his political future could be affected by a historic prosecution. The 37 counts against Trump over how he allegedly handled government secrets after leaving the White House are the latest and most serious of his legal issues. But polling, reactions from Republicans -- including some of Trump's 2024 opponents -- and the aftermath of Trump's first indictment, in New York City, show that it's so far unclear whether the case will have lasting impact on the public. A near equal percentage of Americans believe both that Trump should have been charged and that the charges against him were politically motivated, an ABC News/Ipsos survey last week found. What is...