As president, Trump would have the authority to dismiss Smith and halt the federal cases against him. However, he would not have the same control over the New York hush money case or the Georgia prosecution related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state.

Donald Trump's claimed US presidential election victory on Wednesday will essentially end the criminal cases brought against him, at least for the four years he occupies the White House.

As Donald Trump is elected the next US President and plans his move back into the White House - this time, with guilty verdicts to his name - the Mirror takes a look at his future and whether he could still go to prison

Former President Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in a historic political comeback, recapturing the White House following an election loss in 2020. Trump returns to the nation’s highest office four years after the January 6 Capitol insurrection, which occurred as part of his efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election, […]

It is a unique situation - never before has a criminal defendant been elected to the highest office in the United States.

As well as becoming president of the US, Trump's claimed election win will also have a massive impact on the multiple criminal cases facing him - one of which he is due to be sentenced for this month

US Elections: In the 1920 US election, Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist Party presidential candidate, managed to secure nearly a million votes without ever stepping on the campaign trail.