Trump will ontinue to contest the election legally until he runs out of time or it becomes clear he can’t win.
Then he will sulk and claim the election was stolen, but live with the result since he has no choice.
In the meantime, he’ll do what every lame duck does: Write a few executive orders, pardon a bunch of people, and then leave office. The left and some of the right will scream bloody murder at some of the pardons, I’m guessing. Wildcard: Trump pardons Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, or both.
No one is going to prosecute him for anything, unless they go after him after he leaves office for things he did before being president. But my prediction is that once Trump is no longer in office, people will stop caring about ‘getting’ him.
If Alexandria Ocasio Cortez keeps calling for Trump’s entire administration to be investigated and charged, her own party will tell her to shut up. A lot of Democrats are blaming her and the ‘squad’ and other progressive Democrats for their terrible showing in the House and Senate, for good reason. Her star is going to fall, and the moderate Democrats will start asserting themselves again. ‘Socialism’, democratic or otherwise, will once again be a verboten word among Democrats.
There will be no right-wing riots. However, the media and big tech are going to have a lot of answering to do, since Republicans control the Senate and have investigative power. I expect hearings, and Twitter in particular has opened itself up to some serious ramifications. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lawsuit claims that Twitter stepped outside the parameters of section 230 and is liable for damages. This is especially true if it turns out the Hunter and Joe Biden accusations are real.
Those are my predictions.