00:00Donald Trump has faced a couple of serious legal blows in the last few weeks, in which
00:08in two separate cases, he has had to face severe financial penalties.
00:14But what could really affect his re-election prospects are the upcoming criminal cases
00:18against him.
00:19He faces four criminal cases and more than 90 charges spread across them.
00:25The key, though, is when the trials in these cases will actually start, because only one
00:31of them, which is related to the payment of hush money to an adult film star, has been
00:35confirmed to begin at the end of March.
00:38The other cases are probably going to happen only after the November election plays out.
00:43But there is some uncertainty on that.
00:45Now, why is that important?
00:47Because various surveys in the United States show that while Trump has a diehard support
00:53base amongst his Republican voters who believe that this is all political vendetta against
00:58him, etc., etc., there are a large section of moderate Republicans and voters in swing
01:03states who actually say that they would not want him to be president if he is convicted
01:10of these criminal charges.
01:11That's why these trials and their timing become so important.
01:15So this is something that the Trump camp is watching out for very, very closely.
01:20And we have to wait and see whether he's actually convicted of any crime in the next
01:25few months before the polls take place.
01:27In fact, surveys interestingly also show that amongst all the criminal charges he's facing,
01:32many Americans don't really think that the hush money case where the trial is actually
01:36going to start is the most serious one and that should necessarily hold him back from
01:41becoming president again.
01:42It's the other cases that are even more important.
01:45Will we see progress on that?
01:47That would be interesting to watch.
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