There is a very good chance that it will prove to be a mistake going after Donald Trump on the porn star charges. 

It’s not that he should get away with anything. No one’s above the law, not even a former president. 

But I'm not sure this is the charge they should've gone after him on. 

This case is so technical that it’s not clear it’s even going to work against him, and it’s going to be hard to make it seem fair in New York. How can Trump get a fair trial out of a New York jury when he only won 12 percent of the vote in Manhattan? 

So if the case is a tough one, why pick this one? 

There are way more serious allegations levelled against him. Like him telling state officials in Georgia to find 11780 votes. Which was recorded on tape, so he could overturn his loss in the state.

That’s a far more egregious breach of the law.

Again, not to say that he should get away with anything at all, but I don’t think this was the right charge to kick off with.

For most people, this will look like a witch-hunt. They will see this as the Democrats in New York coming after Donald Trump on anything they can find, just to keep him out of the White House.

They won’t understand the Stormy Daniels case fully, and for them this will just look like the prosecutors have dug up an old, tawdry case to go Donald Trump on.

And he will use that fact to his advantage. Already, he’s put out a statement claiming a witch-hunt.

He's raked in, he reckons, $4 million and counting in campaign donations, he's already leading the polls for the Republicans again, and he's got Republicans who were publicly condemning him about two weeks ago now lining up to support him. 

It doesn’t mean he’ll become the Republican candidate, it doesn’t mean he’ll become the president, but he will definitely become a martyr to a whole bunch of voters.

Trump will use this to his advantage. And so, if the case doesn’t succeed but Trump does, then it will have been a mistake.

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There is a very good chance that it will prove to be a mistake going after Donald Trump on the porn star charges. 
It’s not that he should get away with anything. No one’s above the law, not even a former president. 
But I'm not sure this is the charge they should've gone after him on. 
This case is so technical that it’s not clear it’s even going to work against him, and it’s going to be hard to make it seem fair in New York. How can Trump get a fair trial out of a New York jury when he only won 12 percent of the vote in Manhattan? 
So if the case is a tough one, why pick this one? 
There are way more serious allegations levelled against him. Like him telling state officials in Georgia to find 11780 votes. Which was recorded on tape, so he could overturn his loss in the state.
That’s a far more egregious breach of the law.
Again, not to say that he should get away with anything at all, but I don’t think this was the right charge to kick off with.
For most people, this will look like a witch-hunt. They will see this as the Democrats in New York coming after Donald Trump on anything they can find, just to keep him out of the White House.
They won’t understand the Stormy Daniels case fully, and for them this will just look like the prosecutors have dug up an old, tawdry case to go Donald Trump on.
And he will use that fact to his advantage. Already, he’s put out a statement claiming a witch-hunt.
He's raked in, he reckons, $4 million and counting in campaign donations, he's already leading the polls for the Republicans again, and he's got Republicans who were publicly condemning him about two weeks ago now lining up to support him. 
It doesn’t mean he’ll become the Republican candidate, it doesn’t mean he’ll become the president, but he will definitely become a martyr to a whole bunch of voters.
Trump will use this to his advantage. And so, if the case doesn’t succeed but Trump does, then it will have been a mistake.
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With a straight down the middle approach, Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.

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