Donald Trump's Support in the Republican Primary Isn't Affected by the Indictments

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John Avlon: Donald Trump has been indicted four times in the past five months. He says all of this doesn't seem to be affecting his support within the Republican party. But he will likely be a nominee who still has four very serious criminal cases hanging over his head when voters grow to the polls in November next year, Avlon adds.

The former president has been hit with a new set of charges, under a catch-all racketeering act that has been used to prosecute everyone from rappers to teachers. It’s Mr Trump’s fourth indictment, but perhaps the most unusual. Ukraine’s new, surprisingly effective innovation: the “candy bomb” (10:10). And, the most expensive American cities to live alone (17:30).

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