Trump is charged with crimes on 88 counts in four different cases. He consistently maintains his innocence. He is also embroiled in a couple of civil lawsuits.
Demonstrations once morest Trump outside the courthouse in New York in March. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
• The management of the hush money, New York. Criminal case.
Trump is accused of fiddling with accounting to hide a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election campaign. The purpose of the payment was to buy Daniels’ silence regarding a meeting in Lake Tahoe ten years earlier. It’s not illegal to pay hush money, but trying to hide the transaction on the books may violate New York state law. Information regarding the affair might have influenced the election, at a time when Trump’s views on women were in question.
This was the first criminal indictment once morest Trump and it will be the first trial. The plan is to start the selection of the jury on Monday, April 15.
Demonstrations in Miami. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
● The Handling of Classified Documents, Florida. Criminal case.
Trump is accused of violating federal laws by taking classified information with him on his way out of the White House in 2021. The documents were stored at his private Mar-a-Lago club — including in a bathroom and a shower. The former president is also accused of breaking the law when he tried to avoid handing over the documents.
He was charged in June last year. The prosecutor wants to start the trial in July – the defense demands to wait until August, at least.
The Storming of the Capitol. Photo: Lev Radin/TT
● Try to influence the 2020 election, Washington. Criminal case.
Donald Trump is accused of having participated in a conspiracy to prevent a peaceful transition of power following losing the 2020 election. Together with six unnamed cronies, Trump allegedly spread lies regarding election fraud, lies that led to the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The trial had been scheduled for March 4, but has been postponed pending the Supreme Court’s ruling on whether the former president has immunity. The court will hold an oral hearing on April 25. A decision is expected at the end of June-July.
Rudy Giuliani – co-defendant in Georgia. Photo: Pontus Höök
● Attempt to influence the election in the state of Georgia, Atlanta. Criminal case.
A total of 19 people – including Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and John Eastman – are accused of violating Georgia laws in the 2020 post-election turmoil. The starting point for the investigation was Trump’s infamous New Year’s 2021 phone call, when the then-president tried to pressure the secretary of state Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes” (just the number needed to change the election results in Georgia).
Trump was indicted in August 2023. Three of the charges were dismissed in March of this year. But the accusations of conspiracy and more remain. Prosecutor Fani Willis – who herself has been in trouble because of a private relationship with an employee – wants the trial to start in August. The Trump camp has requested that she be replaced.
Trump Tower in New York. Photo: Pontus Höök
● Trump’s real estate deals New York. Civil cases.
Trump has been sentenced to pay a fine of the equivalent of SEK 3.8 billion – plus interest – for inflating the value of his assets. Both he and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have also been banned from eating for several years in New York.
Trump’s lawyers have appealed the sentence and at the same time negotiated down the amount that the former president must pay in bail pending the next trial.
A Jean Carroll. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP
● Defamation of E Jean Carroll, New York. Civil cases.
Trump has already fined the author E Jean Carroll heavily. The starting point is her story regarding how she was sexually assaulted by the former real estate tycoon. His vicious attacks led to a first libel conviction.
Trump’s renewed attacks on E Jean Carroll following the verdict have led to a second defamation lawsuit. The ex-president was present in the courtroom during large parts of the negotiations at the beginning of the year.
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