- Title: Cheers and jeers as DC residents offer their own verdicts on Trump charges
- Date: 3rd August 2023
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (AUGUST 3, 2023) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS AND CHANTING 'LOCK HIM UP' (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE, SAYING: "(OFF CAMERA REPORTER ASKS WHAT IS JUSTICE IN THIS CASE? WHAT WOULD IT BE FOR YOU? WHAT WOULD JUSTICE BE FOR YOU?) Trump in jail. Sentenced. Guilty. In jail." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE, SAYING: "I believe that President Trump is completely innocent of all the charges. And I support him 100 percent. I believe that President Trump is the only leader that who can make America great again. So, I think true justice would be restoring him back in the White House, and giving power back to the people." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE, SAYING: "I think justice would be a fair verdict, and I think that requires jail time." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE, SAYING: "I think justice would be treating Donald Trump like a regular private citizen, holding him accountable for the bad stuff he did. He obviously committed a lot of crimes, specifically right here in the Capitol. We all saw with our own eyes what on January 6th went down, completely unnecessary, obstruction of justice and it shouldn't stand. I think he should be held accountable. And I have confidence that the justice system will, and if they don't then people, next year, in the general election, they will show everyone what's it all about, yeah." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE, SAYING: "Trump is going to get off this pretty easily, and he is going to get out of this stronger because it's obvious that he not going to get arrested for this, and it is just a political attack. And just like all the other times that he got not charged with, as guilty, it just makes him stronger, you know." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE, SAYING: "It is a great experience to see that justice for all, number one. And number two, this is a country where each and everybody around the world are looking at us, led by the United States all over around the world as a free country. This helps other countries, many countries, especially Africa, to see that justice has to be done no matter who you are. Leading as a leader for your country, you cannot go above the law. Everybody is innocent, but we don't need to see this here in America, it should be better, it should be much much better, more than we are seeing today. So it seems to me that we need to pray for healing America, to get justice for all. Right now everybody is innocent, but this is a great opportunity for other countries to see. Nobody's above the law." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE, SAYING: "There's plenty on this guy, so I am hoping they get him and we don't ever have to see his face in this town again." PEOPLE LEAVING COURTHOUSE POLICE OFFICER OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE MAN WEARING A "BLACK FOR TRUMP" SHIRT AS HE STANDS IN CROWD OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE WOMEN CHANTING "LOCK HIM UP" WOMAN OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE HOLDING SIGN SAYING "DONALD YOU ARE GOING FROM THE GOLD THRONE TO THE STAINLESS STEEL COMMODE."
- Embargoed: 18th August 2023 00:24
- Keywords: 2020 election 2024 election Biden January 6 Trump White House indictment
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001217303082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING
Cheers and jeers for former president Donald Trump as citizens weigh in after he pleaded not guilty on Thursday (August 3) to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss.
About half of Republicans would not vote for Donald Trump if he were convicted of a felony, a sign of the severe risks his legal problems pose for his 2024 U.S. presidential bid, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday.
The two-day Reuters/Ipsos poll, which closed before Trump's late-afternoon court appearance, asked respondents if they would vote for Trump for president next year if he were "convicted of a felony crime by a jury."
Among Republicans, 45% said they would not vote for him, more than the 35% who said they would. The rest said they didn't know.
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