ANDREW NEIL: Why Trump could be doomed to a guilty verdict

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump will be free to campaign through to November and beyond.
44% : Bragg will then have to decide if he really wants to go through the whole rigmarole again, by which time Trump could be in the White House.
42% : He is widely seen to have fallen over backwards to accommodate the prosecution and, if his instructions are in the same vein, the grounds for an appeal - should Trump be convicted - will be all the stronger.
40% : Yes, it's reasonable to assume Trump wanted to bury the story to facilitate his election.
36% : Perhaps the most emblematic moment came when he freely admitted stealing from Trump.
36% : And so, DA Bragg has had to argue that Trump falsified his business records with the intent to commit or conceal a crime.
36% : Trump, of course, could be acquitted.
35% : Yes, buying off the porn star might have helped Trump get elected.
33% : Amid the welter of words and commentary let's try to cut through to some simple truths:I'm in little doubt Trump had his one-night stand with Stormy and that, when she threatened to go public on the eve of the 2016 election, he sanctioned Cohen to pay her off, then muddied the trail of repayments.
33% : And so, Bragg has had to argue that Trump falsified his business records with the intent to commit or conceal a crime.
31% : Throughout it all, it remained something of a mystery exactly what crime Trump had committed, even for those who were following proceedings closely.
31% : Her testimony should not have been allowed but, because Trump was denying anything nefarious ever happened, she was allowed to get away with it.
30% : Daniels (pictured) provided plenty prurient details of her hotel room encounter with Trump, which the media naturally lapped up but which were irrelevant to the charges against the former president.
30% : It may be wrong but it is not illegal to have an extra-marital assignation and Trump would not be the first presidential candidate or president to have had one -- not by a long chalk.
27% : Daniels provided plenty prurient details of her hotel room encounter with Trump, which the media naturally lapped up but which were irrelevant to the charges against the former president.
26% : I'm in little doubt Trump had his one-night stand with Stormy and that, when she threatened to go public on the eve of the 2016 election, he sanctioned Cohen to pay her off.
20% : Robert De Niro appeared as the Star Clown, haranguing Americans outside the Manhattan court for even daring to think about voting for Trump and claiming, in a rant that got ever more bizarre, that The Donald was going to 'destroy the world'.
20% : Robert De Niro appeared as the Star Clown, haranguing Americans outside the Manhattan court for even daring to think about voting for Trump and claiming, in a rant that got ever more bizarre, that The Donald was going to'destroy the world'.
18% : He also brought with him a reputation for being a serial liar and perjurer -- not exactly the ideal witness around which to build a case against Trump.

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