Donald Trump is expected to leave the White House as president on Wednesday morning, just hours before Joe Biden’s inauguration, flying off on Air Force One to his beachside home in Florida.

Trump’s post-presidential plans have been clouded in uncertainty. But several US news organisations reported on Friday that Trump intends to live at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach resort. His daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to join him there, at least for some of the time.

When the president arrives at Palm Beach on Wednesday roads will be shut as his motorcade threads its way to Mar-a-Lago. Once Biden is sworn in, however, they will reopen. Commercial flights from the nearby international airport that pass directly over his estate will resume.

It is unclear what exactly Trump intends to do next. It seems inevitable he will spend some of the weeks and months ahead closeted with his lawyers – and, as per his presidency, on the golf course. He faces a second impeachment trial in the Senate and a slew of other legal cases, federal and civil. As an ex-president he loses his immunity from prosecution.

President Donald Trump is leaving office with nearly 400,000 Americans dead of the coronavirus, nearly 13 million unemployed – and the lowest approval rating of his entire presidency.

Trump's 34 per cent is the lowest approval rating of his term in the final Gallup poll of his tenure. The president never cracked 50 per cent. He is the only president not to do so since Gallup started measuring presidential job approval in 1938 under F.D.R.

Trump and Richard Nixon are the only ones to score their worst rating in their final Gallup poll.

Trump's average approval during his presidency was 41 per cent, a record low that is worse than Truman's by 4 points.

The recipients of the presidential pardon are expected to include high profile names like that of rapper Lil Wayne.

Lil Wayne pleaded guilty last month to possessing a loaded, gold-plated handgun when his chartered jet landed in Miami in December 2019. He faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison at a 28 January hearing in Miami.

The New York Times reports that the list of pardons and commutations is expected to include former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, 76, who was convicted of corruption charges in 2015. After a lengthy legal process, Silver was sentenced in July 2020 to 6-and-a-half years in prison and a $1 million fine. He is currently held in the federal prison at Otisville, New York.

However, sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters have suggested that neither the president himself, nor Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani or ex-aide Steve Bannon will be on the list. Neither will members of Trump’s family get pre-emptive pardons.

While the constitutional legality of a presidential self-pardon remains untested, aides have cautioned Trump that pardoning himself and members of his family may imply guilt that becomes a liability in future state or civil lawsuits against the Trump family and businesses.

Trump as plaintiff
1.1 Lawsuits around Trump's financial and tax information
1.2 Lawsuits around the United States Census
1.3 Lawsuits around COVID-19
1.4 All current pending non-election prosecutions

2 Trump as defendant
2.1 Lawsuits around the United States Constitution
2.2 Lawsuits around executive orders and presidential proclamations and memorandums
2.3 Lawsuits around potential legal violations
2.4 Lawsuits around the United States Census
2.5 Lawsuits around Trump political campaigns
2.6 Lawsuits around potential sexual misconduct and assault
2.7 Lawsuits around financial manipulation and employee payment
2.8 Lawsuits around environmental concerns
2.9 Lawsuits around COVID-19
2.10 All current pending prosecution

3 Trump 2020 Campaign-related lawsuits by state
3.1 Arizona
3.2 New Jersey
3.3 Pennsylvania
3.4 Michigan
3.5 Georgia
3.6 Wisconsin

List of lawsuits involving Donald Trump

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...g_Donald_Trump

The linked page contains details of notable lawsuits involving United States President Donald Trump. The list excludes cases naming the president as a matter of course, including habeas corpus requests.

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Was ever a US President so litiginous .....

Donald Trump leaves office with just 34 per cent approval

That's more than Dubya's lowest which was just 25%, and it's more than the French Macron's current 32%.