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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Lorraine Mallinder

Trump elected president: What happens to the court cases against him?

Sketch of US President-elect Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom in May 2024 during his trial on charges of falsifying business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels [Jane Rosenberg/Reuters]

Donald Trump has many reasons to celebrate his victory in the United States presidential election, but one in particular stands out.

The president-elect could now be freed of the criminal cases that have been hanging over him like a sword of Damocles – at the very least while he remains in the White House.

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