DECRYPTAGE – Thanks to the broad powers vested in him, the American president could close or drastically curb the prosecutions launched against him.
La Donald Trump’s victory is for him not only a very pleasant revenge but also a great relief. The former president had a powerful personal incentive to campaign. Indeed, his return to the White House almost certainly meant the end of his legal troubles and the risk, until Tuesday very real, of ending up behind bars. In fact, Trump has told several people close to him that, if he wins, his files will be destroyed. “ would go away “.
While the U.S. Constitution does not give the president the means to compel prosecutors to drop charges, in reality the immense powers vested in the host of the White House give him the ability to adjourn proceedings almost indefinitely, or even have them quashed. Trump as president can therefore put an end to the four procedures that now threaten it.
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The first and hottest case is the payment of $130,000…