Here’s what the election results mean for Trump’s legal problems

Now that President elect Donald Trump has emerged victorious in the 2024 election, Politico has done a rundown of what it means for the multiple criminal charges that have been leveled against him.

In short, Politico finds that Trump "is now his own judge and jury, insulated from the criminal consequences he might have faced without the legal force field of the Oval Office."

Once he returns to the Oval Office next year, Trump will almost certainly fire special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted Trump for trying to subvert the 2020 presidential election and for stashing top-secret government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Trump will also appoint an attorney general who will drop all charges against him, according to prior statements.

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As if that weren't enough, the United States Supreme Court earlier this year granted broad immunity to official presidential acts, which could give Trump a tool to avoid accountability for future legally questionable actions.

What's more, Politico notes that even civil cases against Trump will be thrown into question.

"Unlike the bar on prosecuting a sitting president, there is no prohibition against collecting private civil damages from the occupant of the White House. In fact, Trump himself was forced to pay $2 million during his first presidential term after a judge imposed the penalty as part of a settlement over the misuse of Trump Foundation funds. But with far greater sums of money at stake in his current civil cases, Trump could argue that proceeding with the lawsuits would interfere with his ability to execute his duties."

Read the full analysis here.