President-elect Donald Trump's second term is likely to sideline the criminal cases brought against him for the four years he's in the White House.
President-elect and former U.S. President Donald Trump took the stage following early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6, 2024.WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory on Wednesday will essentially end the criminal cases brought against him, at least for the four years he occupies the White House.
While Trump as president will have the authority to fire Smith and shut down the federal cases against him, he will not have the same control over the New York hush money case or Georgia’s prosecution of him for trying to overturn his 2020 loss in that state. But his unique role as president makes it unlikely he will face legal consequences in either case during his term in office.
Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, dismissed all charges in July after finding that Smith was improperly appointed to the role and did not have the authority to bring the case.
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