US President-elect, Donald Trump. Picture: Facebook
Now that Donald Trump has officially been re-elected as the President of the United States following his victory over Democrat candidate, Kamala Harris this week, the question on everyone's mind is what happens to his criminal charges?
Trump is due to appear in a New York court on November 26 for sentencing after he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up "hush money" he paid to adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, in 2016. The pair were involved in a steamy sexual encounter, however, this was denied by Trump.
Trump also faces federal cases in Washington DC and Florida as well as a criminals case in Georgia in which he is accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump further faces civil lawsuits related to the 2021 attack at the US Capitol, defamation cases and a civil fraud case in which he was ordered to pay close to $454 million in damages, according to CNN.
According to a report by CNN, never before has a criminal defendant been elected to the White House, and never has an ex-president been criminally charged.
Loyola Law School professor, Jessica Levinson, said Trump's aggressive push to delay the cases for as long as possible, worked in his favour.
It is expected that the multiple cases against him could go ahead as he prepares to serve another term in the White House following the US Supreme Court’s 1997 ruling that a sitting president cannot invoke presidential immunity to protect himself against civil cases as he serves his term.
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