Donald Trump runs the risk of jail time if he is convicted of falsifying business records to aid his campaign, a legal expert has warned.

Whether a judge would jail Mr Trump if convicted was “another story”.

Manhattan prosecutors have accused the former president of 34 separate felonies linked to hush money payments made on his behalf to block stories about alleged affairs – which Mr Trump has denied.

“These are felony charges.,” Kami Chavis, director of the William & Mary Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Reform, told the Telegraph.

“In the United States any criminal charges, or acts that subject you to a loss of your liberty is a serious charge.

“There's a spectrum. Here, these are not misdemeanours,” Prof Chavis, a former prosecutor added.

“These are 34 felonies. So, there could be jail time associated with this,” she added.

But he sounded a note of caution.

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