donald trump knows which side has the momentum in the campaign now and what that could mean to his futrse as a criminal defendant. the stakes for donald trump personally in the presidential election could not be higher. the electoral college will either hand him the white house or keep him on track to spend the rest of his life as defendant trump. 78-year-old criminal and civil defendant donald trump will be able to crush the criminal proceedings against him if he wins the electoral college. if he doesn't, his life as a criminal defendant will proceed in a federal case in washington, d.c. and he will be sentenced in a criminal case in new york city where he has already been convicted. he will eventually go to trial in georgia facing criminal charges there. special prosecutor jack smith has appealed to the 11th circuit court of appeals to put the criminal case against donald trump for violations of the espionage act and the illegal possession of classified document back on track on its way to trial. an appeal of a dismissal ruling by donald trump's favored judge, judge aileen canon, who