Projected winner Donald Trump celebrates a victory in the 2024 presidential race.

But the former president still has three pending criminal cases against him and convictions to come in his hush money case, in which he was convicted of 34 crimes.

But despite predictions to the contrary, none of the allegations ended up sinking Trump’s political fortunes along the way.

The former president also won some big legal victories, including a federal judge tossing out his file of classified documents, which is now under appeal. The Supreme Court also granted him and all future presidents immunity from some criminal prosecutions.

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As for his criminal record, Richard Painter, a professor of corporate law at the University of Minnesota Law School and former President George W. Bush’s chief ethics lawyer, offered some insight.

“It’s certainly a very difficult situation for prosecutors. The federal prosecutor will almost certainly be fired by President Trump as soon as he takes office again in January,” Painter told Scripps News.

He said it would be “very difficult” to prevent Trump from firing the special counsel once he regains control of the White House.

“The United States Supreme Court and Trump v. United States have made it very clear that the president has almost complete control over the Department of Justice and could fire a special counsel. The judge could try to keep the case alive. for a while in the District of Columbia, but I think it would be very difficult with the Justice Department, starting with the president who asked for the case to be dismissed,” Painter said there.”

Trump’s hush money case is a little different, though, because it resulted in a conviction. In that case, Trump will still have to appear for sentencing in New York court.

“A prison sentence is highly unlikely given the nature of the crime, but he could very well be placed on probation and have to report to a probation officer by Zoom, I assume, from the Oval Office, which it would be the first time. for the president to report regularly to a court-ordered state probation officer,” Painter said. “But that could very well be the likely outcome of that case in New York when sentencing takes place.”

Painter stressed, however, that if Trump does not comply with the terms of his probation, he will have to appear again in New York court for a revocation hearing.

“Like Georgia, it’s a mess right now. We don’t know where this is going,” Painter added.

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