The former president faces a host of legal challenges that could jeopardize his bid for the White House in 2024
Donald Trump has been cleared A New York judge has been convicted of fraud, the latest in a daunting list of legal problems facing the former president.
The former president «repeatedly» inflated his fortune by as much as $3.6 billion. (£3 billion), Judge Arthur Engoron said on Tuesday, ordering the revocation of some of Trump's business licenses in the state.
The state attorney general is seeking a $250 million verdict and a ban on Trump doing business in New York.
Since leaving office, Mr. Trump has been involved in a number of cases, both criminal and civil. Some of them will go to trial next year as he campaigns to return to the White House in 2024.
In addition to allegations that he tried to change the election results, he faces criminal charges that he allegedly paid money for silence. a porn star and the mishandling of White House documents.
Here are the key cases, what's going on and how it all might end.
Elections in Georgia
In the latest criminal charges against the President, Trump is charged with 13 counts related to his alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 Georgia election.
He is accused of racketeering and violating his oath of office by officials and others crimes. Trump associates Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, and John Eastman were also indicted.
Charges brought against Donald Trump in Georgia
Mr Trump has always denied that he acted improperly in Georgia after the election events as he sought to overturn the state's election results after narrowly losing to Biden.
In a leaked conversation with Brad Raffensperger, Republican Secretary of State, Trump implored him to “find” thousands of votes that would allow him to win the crucial state.
“There’s nothing wrong with saying, ‘You know you’ve counted,’” Mr. Trump reportedly said. “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.»
The former president also took the historic booking photo
Trump's legal team argued unsuccessfully that Fanie Willis, Georgia's district attorney, should be prohibited from bringing charges against him and that the grand jury report should be rejected.
The grand jury spent eight months interviewing about 75 witnesses and earlier this year issued a detailed report on Mr. Trump's conduct.
Mr. Trump turned himself in to a Georgia prison on Thursday to face arrest on the charges after as his bail was set at $200,000. Mr. Trump's bail was subject to strict conditions.
Now that he has been released from custody, Mr. Trump will have to appear in court at a later date. It is possible that it could be held virtually.
Ms. Willis has suggested setting a trial date of Oct. 23, although it is unlikely that such a speedy trial will be held.
Other charges related to the 2020 election and Jan. 6
In addition to Georgia, Trump is charged with four counts charges in connection with the events that led to the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The 45-page indictment filed by special prosecutor Jack Smith said he was accused of attempting to «overturn the lawful results» of the 2020 presidential election.
He allegedly did this by prodding officials in swing states that he lost , to the use of “fake voters” to ignore the popular vote. and pressuring the Justice Department to open an investigation into the «sham» election.
1608 Trump Indictment Map
The indictment mentions six accomplices, but does not name them. But Mr. Giuliani appears to be the man described as «complicit number one.»
Prosecutors say the former president also tried to persuade Mike Pence, then the vice president, to reject legal Electoral College votes.
Trump faces two counts of obstructing an official proceeding by allegedly trying to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory.
Trump is charged with four counts in connection with the events that led to the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP
Multiple rioters who stormed the Capitol have been charged with criminal offenses.
The human rights conspiracy charge criminalizes any concerted effort to “injure, harass, threaten or intimidate” people to prevent them from exercising their constitutional or federal rights.
The Trump campaign said the “harassment” is “reminiscent of Nazi Germany of the 1930s.» It added: «This un-American witch hunt will fail, and President Trump will be re-elected to the White House.»
Mr Trump pleaded not guilty at the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, early elections. August.
Mr. Smith, whom the former president called «insane,» said he would seek a «speedy trial» on the four counts.
Even if Mr. Trump is found guilty, the Republican leader insists that he will continue to run for president.
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There are no mandatory minimum sentences for any of the crimes Mr. Trump is charged with.
Conspiracy to defraud the government is the least punitive of four charges and is punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Conspiracy against human rights is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Secret Documents
Trump faces 40 felony charges related to mishandling of secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The indictment accuses him of endangering national security by removing U.S. secrets from the White House and keeping them. in the «ballroom, bath and shower» of his Florida club.
Some of them are said to contain information about nuclear programs, as well as the defense and weapons capabilities of the United States and foreign powers.
< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/431e65bf35bd344df06f17bbcca1f157.jpg" />Boxes with secret documents in the bathroom at Mar-a-Lago. Photo: US Department of Justice/AFP via Getty Images
In July, three more charges were added after it was alleged that Trump and two employees tried to remove Mar-a. — Surveillance footage from Lago before it can be released to the FBI.
Trump's spokesman called the case the Biden administration's «ongoing, desperate and clumsy attempt» to «go after President Trump and those around him.» «.
Trump will appear in court on May 20 at the height of the 2024 election campaign.
Although attorneys have called for the case to be delayed indefinitely, citing the «challenges» of juggling the criminal trial and the election, the date has been set for May 20, 2024 in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Although most state primaries will wrap up by mid-May, with several votes taking place on May 14 or later.
Only two of the charges against Trump carry prison sentences of less than 10 years — charges of concealing plans and making false statements and representations.
31 charges under the Espionage Act — knowingly possessing documents — punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors will have to prove that Mr. Trump or his team — he is being tried along with two co-defendants — “knowingly” mishandled the materials.” obstruct, impede, or influence» an investigation.
Charges of obstruction of justice, concealment of a document or record, corrupt concealment of a document or record, and concealment of a document in a federal investigation can carry up to 20 years in prison.< /p>
All charges are listed with a maximum fine of up to $250,000 (£198,000).
Stormy Daniels 'hush money'
In April, Trump was indicted in New York on 34 counts of fraud in connection to «hush money» paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to remain silent about alleged affair.
The former president reportedly falsified business records to hide a $130,000 payment.
According to the 16-page indictment, the payments were intended to «conceal damaging information and illegal activities from American voters before and after the 2016 election.»
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 after admitting to tax evasion and campaign finance violations in connection with a payment to Ms. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
< p>Mr. Trump admitted his guilt. not guilty of the 34-count indictment, which he called «a political witch hunt to try to unseat the leading Republican Party candidate.»
Mr Trump will stand trial in New York on March 25 next year. in the midst of the Republican primaries.
The presidential candidate typically expected to travel around the country on the campaign trail, but a judge warned him not to make any commitments in March 2024.
Multiple cases of falsification of business records carry maximum four: a year in prison if Mr. Trump is convicted.
Ms. Daniels, however, downplayed the charges, arguing that the former president did not deserve prison time.
«I don't think his crimes against me are worthy of a prison sentence,» she told TalkTV earlier this year.
Civil casesReal estate fraud
US judge finds Mr Trump fraudulently increased his billion-dollar fortune as part of a scheme to obtain cheap loans.
The verdict is part of a large lawsuit resulting from a lengthy investigation by the New York attorney general. into the business affairs of the Trump Organization.
Judge Arthur Engoron found that the former president and his company defrauded banks and insurers by overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth.
Ruling in a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, Mr. Engoron said Mr. Trump's assessments were based on a «fantasy world, not the real world.»
Mr. Engoron ordered some of Mr. Trump's business licenses. be cancelled, which will make it difficult to do business in the city.
The case against Ivanka Trump was thrown out by a New York court after the statute of limitations expired.
Lawsuits involving Donald Trump and when they started
Among the allegations was that Mr. Trump claimed his apartment was in Trump Tower in Manhattan—a three-story penthouse replete with gold-plated fixtures—was nearly three times its actual size and valued at $327 million. According to Ms. James, no apartment in New York has ever sold for that amount.
Trump valued Mar-a-Lago at $739 million, more than 10 times his reasonable estimate. Mr. Trump's settlement for the private club and residence was based on the idea that the property could be developed for residential use, but the terms of the contract prohibited that, Ms. James said.
Ms. James is also seeking $250 million, which she claims the Trumps obtained by fraudulent means by allegedly inflating the company's value by «billions of dollars.»
Jean Carroll
E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist, is seeking additional damages from Trump after he called her «crazy job» a day after a civil lawsuit found he sexually assaulted her.
Ms. Carroll alleged that Trump raped her in the dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in the mid-1990s.
A civil jury rejected the rape claim but ordered the former president to pay $2 million in compensation for the sexual assault.
The next day, in a televised town hall hosted by CNN, Mr. Trump accused her of told a “fictional story.”
He told those gathered at the event: “What kind of woman meets someone, raises him, and in a few minutes you are playing in the dressing room, okay?”
Ms. Carroll's lawyers claim he «persistently continued to maliciously discredit Carroll again» and are seeking an eight-figure sum.
Ms. Carroll may file a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Trump after the Justice Department ruled that his presidency did not protect him from liability.
Last month, the company did an about-face and said it no longer believed Trump could claim his comments about right-wingers were made as part of his presidential duties.
Ms Carroll is seeking another $10 million from the former president over his comments to CNN that her lawyers called “malicious” and “defamatory.”
On Wednesday, a US judge ruled that Mr. Trump is liable for defamatory statements against Ms. Carroll and her second lawsuit will only seek damages, which means a defeat for the former president.
The former magazine columnist has already won $5 million from Trump since then , as he was accused of sexually assaulting and slandering her in May.
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