The Future of Anti-Trump Lawfare: The State Cases

What could happen with the pending state cases against Trump if he wins

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Then–candidate for president Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Novi, Mich., October 26, 2024.

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Author’s Note: This is part two of a three-part series in which we try playing out what happens to lawfare — the criminal and civil cases against former president Donald Trump brought by the Biden-Harris Justice Department and state Democratic prosecutors, as well as other legal gambits by which Democrats may continue trying to forestall or derail a Trump presidency — in the event that Trump is elected president in November. Here is part one.

In yesterday’s first part of this series, we looked at the pandemonium that could attend the January 6 joint session of Congress — the proceeding at which state-certified electoral votes are counted and the presidential-election result is ratified — if Donald Trump were to defeat Kamala Harris in the presidential election a little over a week from now. Today, we’ll look at the pending state lawfare cases, as well as Biden-Harris DOJ special counsel Jack Smith’s Florida case against Trump.

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