Trump election win likely upends criminal court cases against him

Donald Trump's projected election night win is likely to lead him to a number of other victories in court.

Donald Trump's projected election night win is likely to lead him to a number of other victories in court.

Being elected president will likely result in the federal criminal cases against him being dismissed, while his state criminal cases could at the least be frozen until after he leaves office.

Justice Department officials have already begun evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Trump before he takes office in order to comply with department policy that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted, NBC News reported Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Trump’s legal team, meanwhile, is evaluating its next steps for how to get all four criminal cases resolved, and plan to argue soon that all of the cases “must stop immediately,” according to a source directly involved in the discussions. 

The presidency likely won't be able to shield Trump from the hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties he's already facing from the various civil cases against him, but it could be an asset in his defense against others that are still pending.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-election-win-criminal-cases-legal-rcna178917

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