When Donald Trump’s attorney and spokeswoman Alina Habba took to the streets on Thursday in front of the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, she described the former president as ‘the leading candidate right now for president for either party’.

It’s a slight stretch, but only slightly. Trump is within the margin of error against Joe Biden in virtually every poll, largely undamaged by the ever compounding series of ‘solemn days’ when he faces new legal woes.