When Donald Trump became the first convicted felon to win the presidency after a decisive election, he also pulled a Get Out of Jail Free card from a deck that, prior to the election, appeared to be stacked against him.
Before Trump steps into the Oval Office for a second time, he will need to resolve a bevy of legal issues including a conviction for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. But his ascension to the presidency—and the powers associated with it—mean those legal troubles will essentially vanish, legal experts say.
