How Trump’s Win Helps Him Fight Off His Legal Charges NYT | Top Stories Devlin Barrett, Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage 7 November 2024 at 00:55 By triumphing at the ballot box, Donald Trump can dispense with federal charges against him while postponing or derailing other pending cases that have dogged him. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesFormer President Donald J. Trump at his criminal trial in New York in May. It was the only one of his four criminal cases to be tried before the election.