The Republican Party's Response to Donald Trump's New Charges

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Do you expect there to be much criticism of Trump in light of these new charges? You know, it's interesting that if you look at the dynamics of the campaign so far, the Republican rivals to Donald Trump have by and large been extremely reluctant to tackle this head on. And where somebody does take him head on, he tends to get booed off the stage. Everything seems to support the dynamic of this actually helping him in his campaign to be the Republican nominee.

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