'Very real chance' Donald Trump will go to prison as financial probe heats up

Two and a half months after leaving the White House, Donald Trump is, among other things, reportedly plotting a 2024 reprisal of his role as leader of the free world from the comfort of his resort in Florida's Palm Beach.

But if the former president's escalating legal woes are anything to go by, there's a "very real chance" he'll be heading to prison instead.

In addition to being the defendant in no fewer than 29 lawsuits, according to The Washington Post, the 74-year-old is also the subject of multiple criminal investigations — including one in which lawyers have obtained access to his tax returns after a four-year fight on Trump's part to keep them secret.

The investigation into whether he has committed bank, tax and insurance fraud has stepped up a notch in recent weeks, after the personal bank records of Trump Organisation CFO Allen Weisselberg were subpoenaed.