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Edward Luce

Why Trump is certain to win in court of public opinion

The New York indictment is an extraordinary moment for the former president – and for American justice.

When troubles come, they come not single spies but in battalions. Donald Trump’s criminal indictment – the first in history of a former, and possibly future, US president – has a Shakespearean quality to it.

This dramatic moment has been long anticipated and cued by Trump himself, who expected it to happen last week. Yet it retains the capacity to shock. Until it is leaked or unsealed, the precise indictment will be unknown.

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Edward Luce is the Washington columnist and commentator for the Financial Times. He writes about American politics and the economy.

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