If he wins the US presidential election, Donald Trump could use his powers to avoid punishment in criminal cases opened against him, Business Insider reports citing legal experts.
In the criminal cases brought against Trump, in which he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal his hush money to an American porn actress. Stormy Daniel in the amount of $130,000, he can expect to have his sentence rescheduled.
“He will argue that the evidence in the case includes acts that were committed in his official role as president, evidence that is prohibited under the US Supreme Court’s July ruling on presidential immunity.” – noted in the material.
According to the publication, winning the election will give Trump even more opportunities, since “he will be able to claim that he is too busy running the country to deal with his personal and legal problems.”
In the case of two cases brought against Trump at the federal level, the future president could fire the special counsel Jack Smithwho filed charges against him.
“If re-elected president, Trump could ask his attorney general to fire Smith. “It could also ask the courts to stop federal prosecution because it is a long-standing policy of the Department of Justice that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted while in office or attempt to pardon himself.” — a Cornell Law School professor explained to the publication Michael Dorf.
He noted that the Justice Department has the right to fire a special counsel only for good cause, but Trump could force his attorney general to lift that restriction.
Trump faces a total of 91 charges in four criminal cases, which the politician describes as an attempt by the Democratic establishment to prevent him from returning to the White House. The most serious articles threaten Trump with 20 years in prison. If the punishment is determined by adding penalties, then he could be sentenced to several centuries in prison. According to the totality of the charges, the politician faces more than 700 years in prison.
