Here’s what the election results mean for Trump’s legal problems

Now that President elect Donald Trump has emerged victorious in the 2024 election, Politico has done a rundown of what it means for the multiple criminal charges that have been leveled against him.

In short, Politico finds that Trump "is now his own judge and jury, insulated from the criminal consequences he might have faced without the legal force field of the Oval Office."

Once he returns to the Oval Office next year, Trump will almost certainly fire special counsel Jack Smith, who...