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Trump's indictments: Polling shows half of Americans want him to suspend his campaign, and more takeaways

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The most recent ABC News/Ipsos poll showed problems for Trump, amid his four indictments, though he maintains his GOP primary lead in his presidential campaign The most recent ABC News/Ipsos poll, conducted Aug. 15-17, showed some problems for former President Donald Trump in terms of public opinion on his mounting criminal charges amid his comeback bid for the White House. The poll, released after his fourth indictment, over efforts to reverse his 2020 loss in Georgia, shows that he's not getting the post-indictment bounce with Americans that he's been touting on the campaign trail. "Any time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls," Trump boasted during a Republican Party dinner in Montgomery, Alabama, earlier this month. "We need one more indictment to close out this election. One more indictment, and this election is closed out." But the ABC News/Ipsos survey -- which follows three other polls this year in the wake of Trump's charges in ...

Perry Johnson suspends long shot presidential campaign

Perry Johnson suspends his long shot presidential campaign, but he hasn't said whether or not he'll drop his FEC complaint against the RNC. Months after missing the first primary debate stage -- which prompted a complaint with the Republican National Committee -- Business man Perry Johnson has decided to suspend his short-lived presidential campaign , he announced Friday. "With no opportunity to share my vision on the debate stage, I have decided at this time, suspending my campaign is the right thing to do," Johnson said in a statement. He has not withdrawn completely and will remain on the ballot in early states like New Hampshire where he attended the NH GOP's First in the Nation Leadership Summit just days ago. Johnson is the third candidate to drop out of the presidential race, after Rep. Will Hurd and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez halted their campaigns earlier this year. Johnson took multiple swipes at the RNC amid a potential legal battle he claimed he wo...