The benefits of terminating Donald Trump's trials now: attorney

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : "It's so easy," Trump said.
53% : After winning Tuesday's election, Trump is set to make history as the first convicted felon to serve as president following his conviction in the hush money case against him earlier this year.
39% : Trump has pledged to fire Smith as special counsel upon returning to the White House in January.
36% : It's hard to know how the Department will weigh those concerns here, when the charges have already been brought and Trump could have, but has chosen not to, have his day in court," she added.
36% : "Smith is reportedly consulting with Justice Department officials about how to go about winding down his pending criminal cases against Trump.
36% : "As president, Trump could also possibly pardon himself in the three remaining cases against him.
35% : State and federal prosecutors had hoped to take their respective cases against Trump to trial before Election Day, but a series of delay tactics deployed by his legal team -- plus a Supreme Court ruling in June -- resulted in just one criminal trial in Manhattan.
34% : Vance's recommendation comes after special counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting Trump for alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents, was granted an extension to his D.C. trial by Judge Tanya Chutkan after this week's presidential election.
33% : "One benefit of terminating the investigations now could be the ability to write some form of report memorializing the evidence against Trump for the historical record," Vance wrote in a blog post.
30% : "If Trump wins, his criminal problems go away," former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek before the race was called.
28% : But now that Trump will take the Oval Office in January, it is unlikely he will see another criminal conviction added to his roster.
27% : In his report, Mueller stopped short of recommending charges against Trump because he would have no forum to respond, since he couldn't be charged while in office.
25% : While it confirmed Russian interference, the investigation found insufficient evidence that Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia.
25% : Trump has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and has claimed the cases are part of a political witch hunt.
24% : It also did not conclude that Trump committed a crime, citing guidelines that a sitting president cannot be indicted.

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