It’s purely election interference. Every day Trump is in court is a day he can’t be out campaigning. THAT is why the judge ordered him to be there. DUH!
Nevertheless, one thing the trial will succeed in doing is pulling Trump off the campaign trail since he’s required to be present because it is a criminal trial. Considering we have a partisan prosecutor in a partisan jurisdiction, it’s unlikely that Trump, a high-profile public figure, could possibly get a fair trial. But even CNN analyst Elie Honig admits that the case against Trump is weak.
…”Now Bragg is bringing a case that has taken years to develop and millions of dollars in litigation costs for all parties,” explains Turley. “That is all over a crime from before the 2016 election that is a misdemeanor under state law that had already expired under the statute of limitations.”