Politico: “The former president was on a conference call with his advisers Monday discussing his favorite topic – revenge – when he was interrupted with an update on the Manhattan D.A.’s investigation. He would not be personally indicted, Trump was told – only Weisselberg and the Trump Organization would be. Trump was thrilled by what he saw as light charges, and according to one of the advisers on the call, his mind raced to 2024. ‘Just wait until 2024, you’ll see,’ Trump said. The former president implied that the legal case would be seen as a political witch hunt that would backfire on Democrats. ‘This is going to hurt Sleepy Joe.’ The adviser had the impression that Trump, who was already coming off a high from the large crowd at his rally in Ohio last weekend, was emboldened by the news. ‘Now he’s definitely going to run for president’ again, the person said. ‘It’s going to be a two-pronged message: the message for political public consumption and then the PR message against the substance of the case itself,’ Trump’s former campaign adviser Sam Nunberg told Meridith McGraw… expect to hear Trump push that narrative on his nationwide tour when he’s not dwelling on his true fixation: the results of the 2020 election.”

“Aides said that Trump’s interest in the Manhattan D.A.’s case pales in comparison to his obsession with the idea that he could still prove to be the winner of the 2020 election. ‘His world is seriously consumed by that,’ said another Trump adviser. ‘In comparison to election fraud, [the D.A.’s investigation] is not even close.’ According to this adviser, Trump is holding out hope that if the Arizona ‘audit’/fishing expedition ends up in his favor, a few other states will follow suit, triggering some sort of legal process that would make him president. He’s even questioned the merits of the Constitution, if it can’t be used to investigate election fraud.”