Trump Maintains Bravado and Gains Support Despite Indictment

Despite trying to maintain a controlled front, former President Donald Trump's closest associates believe he was masking his anxiety leading up to his arraignment on Tuesday in a Manhattan courthouse. Trump has been frustrated to find himself at the mercy of events he could not control, yet had also embraced a spectacle that he believed he could shape in his favor. Trump's campaign is capitalizing on the criminal indictment for all it is worth, pumping out continual fund-raising appeals since news of the indictment broke last Thursday evening.