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Trump should quit 2024 race if indicted in New York, Republican rival says

Asa Hutchinson testifies before a Senate judiciary committee hearing on Capitol Hill.
Asa Hutchinson testifies before a Senate judiciary committee hearing on Capitol Hill on 1 May. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Donald Trump should quit the race for the Republican nomination in 2024 if he is indicted in New York over a hush money payment to a porn star during his victorious run in 2016, a prospective rival said.

“It doesn’t mean that he’s guilty of it or he should be charged,” said Asa Hutchinson, a former governor of Arkansas. “But it’s just such a distraction that would be unnecessary for somebody who’s seeking the highest office in the land.”

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