Trump’s victory likely means curtains for criminal prosecutions
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has become the first convicted felon to reach the nation’s highest office.
The president-elect is likely to grind the cases against him to a halt after defeating Vice President Kamal Harris.
With impending control of the Justice Department, Trump will be able to shutter his federal criminal cases.
Trump’s lawyers are expected to ask judges to put his Georgia and New York prosecutions on ice.
Trump has long signaled he plans to immediately dismantle special counsel Jack Smith’s office upon retaking the White House.
However, Trump’s state-level criminal cases aren’t being prosecuted by the Justice Department, limiting his control over their next steps.
His lawyers have long signaled that an election victory would delay any prosecution until the end of his time in office in 2029.
Legal experts say that if Trump had lost, his criminal cases were expected to plow full steam ahead.
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