Trump expands ‘commanding’ lead in Iowa a month before caucus, poll shows

Former president received 51% support despite facing 91 criminal charges and warnings of authoritarian threat he poses

A little over a month before the Iowa caucus kicks off the Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump has expanded his commanding" lead in the first-to-vote state, a new Des Moines Register/NBC News poll found.

The 77-year-old former president faces 91 criminal charges including 17 for attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat, and civil suits including a defamation trial arising from a rape allegation a judge called substantially true". Warnings of the authoritarian threat he poses have been rising in volume.