CNN's John Sutter says the charges against Donald Trump don't bode well for his presidential run next year. He said it would be hard to imagine new voters rallying to him, and that other Republicans have rallied around him. But this case is just the tip of the iceberg: There are five other active investigations into Trump at the moment, he added.
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