With his triumph in the polls this week, former President Donald Trump secured not only a second term in the White House but also a likely escape from the legal issues that once threatened his freedom.
His return to the White House means that he will likely avoid serious consequences for any of his criminal cases including his conviction for falsifying business records, while giving him unprecedented power overseeing the United State’s federal law enforcement system.
“Say goodbye to all the criminal cases,” said Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who previously served as the chief of the Manhattan district attorney’s trial division.
Trump, who has denied all allegations and called the cases politically motivated, has vowed to fire Jack Smith – the special counsel who has brought two federal cases against him – “within two seconds” and said he would punish the prosecutors and judges overseeing his cases.
Trump’s two federal cases — an …