Will Trump Run as a Felon? A Big 2024 Question Will Soon Be Answered.

The witness list is winding down. Closing statements are expected early next week. Then a Manhattan jury will gather in the first criminal trial of a former president to determine whether Donald J. Trump will campaign this fall as a convicted felon.The political impact of one of the most consequential jury deliberations in the nation’s history is far from predictable.“Who knows?” said Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who has been a longtime Trump critic. “The first casualty of the I’m-right-you’re-evil politics of today is institutional credibility. We’re not in the…