Anyone holding their breath to see if a guilty verdict in the Trump hush-money trial would impact the election can now exhale... that being officially branded as a 'convicted criminal' could knock Trump's candidacy off balance in a serious way.
While it's possible to look at the data and see a glass that is half-empty or half-full, the overall indication is that Trump's conviction has not changed the race... that's good for the 45th president.
But in a way, that's a partial victory for Trump since it reinforces his campaign's argument that his indictment, trial, and conviction in the hush-money case were a piece of partisan jobbery and not a legitimate criminal proceeding at all.
In other words, facts aside, Trump's conviction and his overall status as a man perpetually on the wrong side of the law are being perceived thro...
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