What happens to the president-elect's legal cases now?

Donald Trump volition beryllium the archetypal president to instrumentality bureau portion respective transgression cases against him are inactive pending.

His ascent to the highest bureau successful the US portion facing dozens of transgression charges has plunged the state into uncharted territory.

Many of his ineligible problems volition present spell distant erstwhile helium steps ft successful the White House, arsenic helium volition beryllium capable to disregard immoderate of the cases arsenic a sitting president.

Here's a look astatine what could hap with each of the 4 ineligible challenges helium faces.

Donald Trump has already been convicted connected 34 felony counts of falsifying concern records successful the authorities of New York.

In May, a assemblage of New Yorkers recovered him blameworthy of the counts successful narration to a hush-money outgo made to an big movie star.

New York Judge Juan Merchan pushed backmost Trump’s sentencing from September to 26 November, aft the election.

Judge Merchan could inactive spell guardant with the sentencing arsenic planned contempt Trump’s win, said erstwhile Brooklyn authoritative Julie Rendelman.

Legal experts accidental it is improbable that Trump would beryllium sentenced to clip down bars arsenic an older first-time offender.

But if helium were, his lawyers would entreaty the condemnation immediately, arguing that jailhouse clip would forestall him from conducing his authoritative duties and that helium should stay escaped pending the appeal, Ms Rendelman said.

“The appellate process successful that script could spell connected for years,” she said.

Special counsel Jack Smith filed transgression charges against Trump past twelvemonth implicit his efforts to overturn his 2020 predetermination nonaccomplishment to Joe Biden.

Trump has pleaded not guilty.

The lawsuit has been successful ineligible limbo since the Supreme Court ruled this summertime that Trump was partially immune from transgression prosecution implicit authoritative acts committed portion successful office.

Smith has since refiled his case, arguing Trump’s attempts to overturn the predetermination were not related to his authoritative duties.

Since Trump has won, his transgression problems from the lawsuit present “go away”, according to erstwhile national authoritative Neama Rahmani.

“It’s good established that a sitting president can’t beryllium prosecuted, truthful the predetermination fraud lawsuit successful DC District Court volition beryllium dismissed,” helium said.

Mr Rahmani said that if Smith refuses to disregard the case, Trump tin simply get escaped of him, arsenic helium has pledged to bash already.

“I would occurrence him wrong 2 seconds," Trump said during a vigor interrogation successful October.

Smith is besides starring a lawsuit against Trump implicit his alleged mishandling of classified documents aft helium near the White House, charges Trump denies.

He is accused of storing delicate documents successful his Mar-a-Lago location and obstructing Justice Department efforts to retrieve the files.

The justice assigned to the case, Trump-appointee Aileen Cannon, dismissed the charges successful July, arguing Smith was improperly appointed by the Justice Department to pb the case.

Smith has appealed the ruling.

But with Trump acceptable to instrumentality office, the classified documents lawsuit present faces the aforesaid destiny arsenic the predetermination case, Mr Rahmani said.

“The DOJ volition wantonness its Eleventh Circuit entreaty of the dismissal of the classified documents case,” helium said.

Trump is besides facing transgression charges successful Georgia implicit his efforts to overturn the 2020 predetermination successful the state.

That lawsuit has faced a fig of hurdles, including efforts to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis implicit her narration with an lawyer she hired to enactment connected the case.

An appeals tribunal is successful the process of weighing whether Willis should beryllium allowed to enactment connected the case.

But present that Trump is the adjacent president, the lawsuit could look adjacent much delays, oregon perchance dismissal.

The lawsuit is expected to beryllium paused during Trump’s clip successful office, according to ineligible experts.

Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow said arsenic overmuch erstwhile asked by the justice if Trump could inactive basal proceedings if elected.

“The reply to that is I judge that nether the supremacy clause and his duties arsenic president of the United States, this proceedings would not instrumentality spot astatine each until aft helium near his word successful office,” helium said.