Virtually all of Trump's criminal cases are set to vanish after election victory: Report

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 November 8, 2024

Now that Donald Trump has reclaimed the White House, new questions and scenarios have emerged regarding the multiple legal cases he's dealt with for the past several years.

According to the New York Post, the judge overseeing the Manhattan-based case for which Trump was convicted is reportedly considering tossing the case given that he'll soon once again be the president of the United States.

That case, brought against Mr. Trump by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, resulted in Trump facing 34 felony convictions. His sentencing date, which was already delayed for several months, is set for Nov. 26.

Trump's lawyers plan to use his resounding, strong victory to their advantage and argue that given his new status as president-elect, he can't be sentenced.

What's happening?

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan gave himself until next Tuesday to decide on whether or not to toss the conviction and essentially quash the entire case, which would be a massive blow to Bragg and others who spent countless piles of money and time going after Trump.

"Here, they’re going to argue to the judge that the sentencing should never happen because now that Trump is president-elect," said CNN chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid.

She added, "They will say that he is entitled to the same constitutional protections as a sitting president and should be protected from state actors, and in this case, state prosecutors."

For the 34 counts he was charged, Trump faces up to four years in prison, but was never likely to receive that even before becoming president-elect.

"Merchan doesn’t have the stomach to imprison a former president or president-elect," former prosecutor Neama Rahmani said, adding, "Now that Trump has won, his criminal problems go away."

Other problems did go away

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith has already filed to have the cases against Trump dropped given his election win, marking yet another massive legal victory for the 45th and now 47th president.

With those dropped, and with the strong possibility of the Manhattan case going away, the last remaining case would be the one initiated out of Georgia by Fani Willis, which is already on ice.

In a stunning backfiring for Jack Smith, the House GOP Judiciary on Friday warned the former special counsel to "preserve your records" regarding the Trump cases.

You know what they say about payback.

" A free people [claim] their rights, as derived from the laws of nature."
Thomas Jefferson