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Donald Trump's legal troubles and his White House bid

The former US President, Donald Trump, is fighting a number of legal battles in the United States, describing it as a "witch hunt".

The former US President, Donald Trump, is fighting a number of legal battles in the United States, on both a federal and state level. The separate allegations range from paying hush money to an adult movie star - to attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. Mr Trump has described the allegations against him as a "witch hunt".

While all this is going on, Donald Trump is aiming to become the Republican party's candidate for next year's presidential election, and ultimately become President once again.

But how have his legal troubles gone down with Republicans? And could he go to prison and still run for president?

Our correspondent in a very noisy Washington DC, Jon Donnison, has the answers in this episode of 5 Questions On.

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