It's hard to keep track of Donald Trump's very busy legal docket. The former president is the subject of at least four major investigations into wrongdoing relating to his handling of White House documents, the election, the insurrection, and his finances.
Donald Trump is facing several investigations. Here's where they stand.
NY Attorney General Letitia James filed a sweeping civil suit last Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, his business, and his three eldest children. It was just another chapter in the saga of Trump's personal and financial troubles, which have been accumulating for years. Trump’s legal docket consists of at least a dozen significant federal and state investigations and lawsuits, which include his alleged mishandling of sensitive documents and efforts to overturn the US election.
INDICTMENTS: THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION PAYROLL CASE
Trump's real estate and golf resort business is accused of giving its executives pricey perks that were never reported as income to taxing authorities. The company's co-defendant, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, pleaded guilty to the scheme and agreed to testify for the prosecution if lawyers for the Trump Organization fight the indictment at trial.
GEORGIA’S ELECTION PROBE
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ramping up her investigation into Trump and his associates' possible interference in Georgia's results from the 2020 presidential election. While Trump’s former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, recently testified under court order, a federal appeals court blocked Sen. Lindsey Graham from having to appear before a grand jury.
THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION
In a series of eight hearings, the House committee investigating the role Trump and his allies played in the Capitol riot unveiled shocking new details about the events that led to January 6 and Trump’s push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election. Prosecutors are likely to issue more subpoenas and search warrants in the weeks ahead.
A federal judge said in a Monday ruling that former President Donald Trump "likely" obstructed Congress — a felony — when he tried to disrupt the election certification process on January 6, 2021.
The House Select Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has held seven public hearings so far unveiling shocking new details about January 6, with some of Trump's closest aides sharing witness testimony about what led up to the Capitol siege.
TRUMP’S MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
The FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 8, as part of an investigation into the possible mishandling of government records, including classified documents. A federal judge in South Florida granted Trump's request for a special master to review the more than 11,000 documents retrieved from the raid, including about 100 records marked as classified.
TRUMP’S RUNNING LIST OF LAWSUITS
From New York AG’s filing against the Trump family and Trump Org. to personal cases against former attorney Michael Cohen and niece Mary Trump, Trump has amassed a laundry list of lawsuits in recent years.
WHO’S TURNED AGAINST TRUMP?
One of the most litigious former US presidents is up against a whirlwind of legal cases and probes — and a growing number of his ex- and current associates are being drawn out to cooperate with investigators. Donald Trump now faces at least 22 civil and criminal lawsuits, defamation cases, and …
DESPITE HIS LEGAL WOES, TRUMP MAY STILL HAVE EYES set ON 2024
If Trump landed in prison, nothing in the Constitution would block him from another White House run, according to nine legal experts interviewed by Insider.