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Government,
Criminal

Jan. 21, 2021

Legal problems could mount with Trump out of White House

Former President Donald Trump faces a mountain of legal problems now that he has left the White House for Mar-a-Lago. Trump no longer has the legal shield of the presidency and the Department of Justice to fend off civil and criminal lawsuits.

John H. Minan

Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law

Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.

Former President Donald Trump faces a mountain of legal problems now that he has left the White House for Mar-a-Lago. Trump no longer has the legal shield of the presidency and the Department of Justice to fend off civil and criminal lawsuits.

One pressing legal problem Trump faces stems from the "big lie" that the 2020 election was stolen. His repeated lies about "winning the election" encouraged pro-Trump supporters to storm the ...

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