Changing those voters' minds, in a conservative media ecosystem that at least for now plans to defend Trump, will be an uphill battle. Only 13% of Republicans believe Trump has even done something illegal. In a NPR/PBS/Marist poll, while just 43% of Americans overall want Trump to continue to run given his indictment, a whopping 83% of Republicans believe he should keep running. In a Quinnipiac poll this week, Trump leads the Republican field by 30 percentage points garnering 53% of the vote, so over a majority. Let’s tackle part two of this question, can they go after them on this. If there was a different standard, we're going to be very inclined to grant clemency in those situations. But part of it is using your Article II powers to redress wrongs, including potentially pardons. We're going to clean house at the FBI, Justice, we’re going to do a lot. And before the case was even tried, they’ve been leaping to promise a pardon: Hutchinson called on Trump to drop out of the race after the indictment saying, “it’s simply wrong to be discussing a pardon.” And Christie said "the conduct in the indictment is awful." But as Trump appeared in a Florida courtroom even opponents who have criticized the charges as serious and Donald Trump’s behavior as reckless have diminished that very criticism of Trump with attacks against the Justice Department for bringing the charges against him in the first place. But so far the most direct criticism has come from single-digit candidates Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson. First let’s tackle the will they? Clearly it would be the best way for any Republican candidate not named Trump to get some attention. With Trump holding a commanding lead over the Republican field, this week his opponents faced the question that will dominate this race over the next six months: will they, can they and should they go after the former president over his federal indictment and Trump's legal issues to come. As one former prosecutor put it pretty bluntly this week, two years from now Donald Trump could be in prison or he could be president. Good Sunday morning and Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
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