Good morning, everyone. Former President Donald J. Trump is now yet again the president elect,

and he's going to be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20th inauguration day.

And, you know, one of the big questions coming up is, well, what is going to happen to all the

pending legal cases against Trump?

Remember, there are a couple federal cases against him still, brought by special counsel,

Jack Smith, and still pending as well are a couple local level cases.

And, well, now those federal cases look like they could be dropped. Now, let me know your thoughts on the legal cases. I'm curious what you all think about it. Do you think that they have merit? Do you think they're going to hold up? Let me know. And also, did you all think they were warranted in the first place? Or do you believe they were lawfare, right?

The weaponization of government.

I'm curious, actually.

And so let's dive into it.

So, first of all, the Department of Justice is reportedly looking to wind down the criminal cases

against President-elect Donald Trump.

And this follows his historic victory in the

2024 elections. Epic Times said this. It says, special counsel Jack Smith's office said the Department

of Justice has a long-standing policy not to prosecute a sitting president in response to a query

about whether it will drop its criminal

cases against president-elect Donald Trump, who won the 2024 election.

And it's that Peter Carr, a spokesperson for the special counsel's office, declined to comment

on whether the office will drop its case, but directed the Epic Times to a 2000 memo from the Department of Justice

Office of Legal Counsel. And it states that, quote, indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting

president would unconstitutionally undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its

constitutionally assigned functions. And it's that when Trump officially takes office, he could use his presidential authority

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