Trump’s Manhattan Trial Likely to Come First

Time: “Bragg is gearing up to bring Trump to trial in late March, according to a person familiar with the case, hopscotching over a federal case focused on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that had been previously seen as likely to be the first of Trump’s four criminal trials. While Trump’s inner circle says it would prefer none of the criminal trials happen before Election Day, some see a trial on the New York case as the next best outcome for the former President.”

Said Republican strategist close to Trump: “It is the goofiest of all cases. If Trump beats this case, it sets the tone and feeds into his narrative that all of these cases are a witch hunt.”