Donald Trump isn't just trying to delay his federal criminal cases so that he can dismiss them should he return to the Oval Office — the former president also fears what the trials could do to his campaign, former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann speculated. In a Monday appearance on MSNBC, the former prosecutor argued that Trump is really hesitant to go to trial in the cases because he's afraid he'll lose support among Republican voters.
"I think one of the reasons that Donald Trump is so desperately trying to put all of these trials off is because you cannot be sure that two-thirds is so solid," Weissmann told political analyst Michael Steele, possibly referencing the 66 percent of Republicans who said in 2021 that they wanted to see Trump run for president in 2024. "Right now, Donald Trump doesn't want to have his day in court, doesn't want to have to deal with facts in court." That concern motivates Trump's conduct around the cases, which has involved claiming they are false and attacking the judges and prosecutors, Weissmann suggested.
