Trump's been indicted again. Here's a list of criminal and civil cases he's facing.
WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday for allegedly tampering with 2020 election results ? a move that comes amid Trump’s mounting legal troubles in other federal and state criminal investigations.
The newly-unsealed indictment says ? among other things ? that Trump allegedly used fake electors in a scheme to overturn President Joe Biden’s wins in several states, obstructed a congressional proceeding on Jan. 6 and spread false election fraud claims knowingly. Trump was charged with four counts.
The former president was previously indicted in a federal case related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents. Prior to that, a Manhattan grand jury in New York indicted him for allegedly falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments made to two women. He pleaded not guilty in both cases.
Prosecutors in Georgia are also eyeing a potential indictment over his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election outcome. The decision in the case could come by Sept. 1.
Here’s a rundown of the criminal and civil cases that Trump’s involved in as he continues to vie for the GOP presidential nomination for the 2024 election.
Criminal cases
Mar-a-Lago classified documents case
Status: Indicted
Expected trial date: May 2024
Trump was indicted last month on 37 felony counts for allegedly storing hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate upon leaving the White House in 2021. Some of the charges include willful retention of national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts in a courtroom in Miami, Florida. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed federal prosecutor Smith in November 2022 as special counsel to oversee Trump’s documents probe.
Smith brought three additional charges against Trump in a superseding indictment last week for allegedly seeking to destroy security footage of rooms in which subpoenaed boxes of classified information were kept and induced others to do so.
Trump's aide, Walt Nauta, and Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos De Oliveira were also indicted in the case.
New York hush money case
Status: Indicted
Expected trial date: March 2024
Trump was indicted on 34 felony counts in March by a Manhattan grand jury for allegedly falsifying business records in an attempt to conceal hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, who alleged they had sexual relations with Trump, before the 2016 election.
Trump had arranged for his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to make the payments ? $130,000 for Daniels and $150,000 for McDougal ? to silence the women on their claims. His organization then paid Cohen reimbursements in the guise of legal fees.
The case made Trump the first former president to be indicted in history. It was brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
He pleaded not guilty to all counts in a Manhattan court room in April. The maximum sentence for a felony would be four years in prison under New York law, but first-time offenders can get shorter sentences.
2020 election interference and Jan. 6 case
Status: Indicted
Expected trial date: Not certain
A federal grand jury indicted Trump on Tuesday for his alleged role in conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. He was charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States; Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding; Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding; and Conspiracy Against Rights.
Smith's indictment against Trump details several actions Trump took to undermine Biden's victory in 2020, including directing his supporters to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, working with six co-conspirators to devise strategies to submit a fraudulent slate of electors and pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the election results.
The indictment came after Trump had received a target letter earlier this month notifying him that he was the focus of Smith’s investigation into alleged election fraud ? a warning to Trump that he would face criminal charges.
Trump is expected to be arraigned in a courtroom on Thursday.
Georgia 2020 election interference case
Status: Pending
Expected trial date: Pending
Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney Fanni Willis is overseeing an investigation related to Trump's alleged role in trying to overturn the state's 2020 election results.
Trump allegedly recruited Republican electors as alternates to the official electors in Georgia and other states President Joe Biden won. He also pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find the votes he needed to win Georgia. A House of Representatives investigation found that Trump tried to call him 18 times.
Willis said that a decision on charges against Trump could come by Sept. 1 in an interview.
“The work is accomplished,” Willis told CNN affiliate WXIA. “We’ve been working for 2 1/2 years. We’re ready to go.”
Civil lawsuits
E. Jean Carroll case
Expected trial date: January 2024
Writer E. Jean Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump in 2019 for comments he made about her while he was president. A judge accepted the lawsuit this year and set the trial date for January.
A federal jury in May found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll at a New York City department store in 1996 and for defamation in a separate case. Trump was ordered to pay $5 million in damages.
The jury in the case found that Trump for "willfully or wantonly negligent, reckless, or done with a conscious disregard of the rights of Ms. Carroll" ? said yes. The jurors also found that Trump’s attacks against Carroll in social media posts were "defamatory," "false," and made "with actual malice."
Trump has repeatedly claimed that he doesn't know who Carroll is.
New York Attorney General Letitia James case
Expected trial date: October
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Trump last year after a three-year investigation, alleging that Trump “falsely inflated his wealth by billions of dollars" through massive fraud involving his namesake business, the Trump Organization.
He was allegedly aided by his children - Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. - and senior executives at the Trump Organization.
The lawsuit seeks $250 million in penalties, a ban on Trump or his children running businesses in New York and legal action attempts to prevent Trump and his organization from buying commercial real-estate for five years.
Trump gave a deposition for the case in April, where he dismissed it as "ridiculous."
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