Trump still faces state and federal charges after winning the presidential race on November 5

Following him Win the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump he will become the first convicted felon president as he still has several criminal records attached to him.

Following Trump’s reinstatement as commander-in-chief, the question is what happens to his immediate successor state and federal taxes remains — and if he has the power to overthrow them as president.

His election win comes as he is due to be sentenced in New York on his hush money case on Tuesday, November 26, after being postponed for the second time in September.

On May 30, Trump, 78, had found guilty of all 34 felony charges in an attempt to bury evidence of an illegal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The Supreme Court ruling in July that Trump and former presidents have immunity from prosecution it means Trump is entitled to some protections now as president.

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Judge Juan Merchan will decide on Tuesday, Nov. 12, whether or not to dismiss Trump’s conviction based on the Supreme Court’s protective order, according to CNN. If his charges are dismissed, Trump would not be convicted as a result.

According to the publication, Trump faces up to four more years in prison if the judge continues to uphold his conviction, or could receive a lesser sentence of community service or a fine. Trump’s lawyers are expected to appeal the decision.

Trump also faces numerous other federal and state charges. In June 2023, it was indicted by a federal grand jury in South Florida for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House. He was indicted twice in August 2023, over January 6, 2021, the Capitol uprising and efforts to overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.

However, when Trump becomes president, the act of self-pardon could be a possibility.

“The big unanswered question is whether the president could pardon himself,” said Jeffrey Crouch, an assistant professor of American politics at American University. CBS News. “No president has ever tried, so we don’t know what the outcome would be if they did.”

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Article 2 of US Constitution states that presidential pardons extend to federal crimes, not state crimes — and so Trump could grant himself clemency on his federal charges. Pardons are administered by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney.

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While Trump could plead guilty to his federal charges, he could not drop his state racketeering case in Georgia.

“If a president were to try to pardon himself, of course legally it would be quite controversial,” Harvard researcher Mark Tushnet told CBS News. “On the other hand, it would also be quite difficult to challenge the pardon in any court of law. To challenge it, someone would have to have what lawyers call “standing,” meaning they would have to be injured. by the president’s action, and it is very difficult to see who would be particularly affected by it.”

According to the publication, any self-pardon efforts by Trump could be challenged by Congress in an impeachment, though that is unlikely to happen because Republicans control the Senate.

Trump’s criminal cases could be expunged altogether now that he’s been elected president, if any form of punishment or jail time would interfere with his governing duties, legal experts say.

“There’s a sense that they’re going to follow the feds’ rule and therefore delay sentencing in the New York case until after he’s done with his presidency,” said Stanford law professor Robert Weisberg. USA Today.

“It says goodbye to all criminal cases,” said Karen Friedman Agnifilo, the former chief of the Manhattan district attorney’s trial division. ABC News. “Criminal cases are over, whether it’s legal or practical,” she said, adding that a Trump presidential victory would be a “get out of jail free.”