as the first prosecution and perhaps not at all. number three, trump s republican poll numbers have gone up as his most ardent supporters have rallied around him. trump s reaction on truth social is to blame d.a. alvin bragg s case on thugs and radical left monsters and accuse bragg of doing joe biden s dirty work. this is an attack on our country the likes of which has never been seen before. the u.s. is now a third world nation, a nation in serious decline, so sad. as for all the saturation coverage, the stark reality doesn t fully hit you untilst the happened, a former president of the united states has been indicted. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, alaner the can, wits on why he believes all four investigations of donald trump are unfair. the new york indictment caused a media eruption that quickly broke down along partisan lines. democrats are branding trump as a criminal. along with the 74 million people who voted for him. they think the m
howard: right. in terms of whether this is a good test the of democracy, i m not sure. the less sexy part of this story is there are all these downwind effects of how the case does or doesn t play out. and of course remember, this is just an indictment. this is not a conviction, right, and a lot of people including people on the left believe these charges will not stick. howard: right. and, in fact, if donald trump is acquitted, then it won t look so good for alvin bragg and probably makes trump even more popular. let me play a sound bite from a woman whose name is toss thed around a lot, stormy daniels, talking to the times of london. the first time i was, like, gold killer, slut, whore, you know, liar, whatever. and this timest the, like, i m going to murder you. are you frightened? for the first time ever, yeah. howard: clay, i ve got about half a minute. the press has kind of treated her as a foot note, but it sounds like she s worried because she s gotten a lot of death th