New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman said former President Donald Trump is “very anxious” about being indicted in New York in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into hush money payment to ex-porn star Stormy Daniels.
“He’s very anxious about the prospect of being indicted for a couple of reasons,” Haberman said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
“Two things can be true at once. He is aware that there are reasons to believe this could help him politically. But he does not want to face getting arrested, which is what happens when you get indicted. You get fingerprinted. You get brought in. You have to ask for bail. None of that is something that he is excited about,” Haberman added.
Trump announced on his Truth Social platform on Saturday that he expects to be arrested Tuesday and called on his supporters to “protest, take our nation back!”
Haberman said Sunday that Trump’s team is planning a “huge blitz politically to push back on the Manhattan district attorney” but the former president calling on his supporters to protest was not part of that plan.
“He did it, and a bunch of his aides were surprised by it. But I do think that that is separate from what you’re going to see legally. And while I know that his folks are suggesting this as a weak case, they don’t actually know what the evidence is,” Haberman said.
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