Donald Trump (78) is accused of attempted election fraud. However, the US President-elect will probably have nothing to fear in the matter. The public prosecutor’s office has requested that the criminal proceedings be discontinued. Special investigator Jack Smith justified the request by saying that the US Department of Justice has not wanted to prosecute sitting presidents for many years. Trump was victorious against Kamala Harris (60) in the last presidential election and will begin his second term in office on January 20th.
The storming of the Capitol and the possible pardon
However, in the 2020 presidential election, Trump was defeated by Joe Biden (82). Supporters of President Trump, who was voted out but still in office at the time, stormed the Capitol in the capital of the United States on January 6, 2021. Trump had previously tried to overturn the election results.
According to a report in the Washington Post, there is theoretically the possibility of reopening the process after Trump’s second term in office. However, legal experts say the 78-year-old could also pardon himself while sitting in the White House. Then the whole thing would finally be put to rest.
In the hush money trial surrounding Donald Trump and the former porn actress Stormy Daniels (45), it is questionable whether the US President-elect will still be prosecuted. In May, the politician and entrepreneur became the first ex-president in US history to be convicted of a crime. A jury found it proven that he wanted to cover up a hush money payment with forged business documents before his first election victory in 2016 – and found him guilty of 34 counts. However, the sentencing was recently postponed indefinitely. Will a punishment be announced after he begins his second term in office?
