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With 91 legal prices introduced in opposition to Donald Trump final 12 months in 4 completely different circumstances and a looming verdict in a civil case that threatens his enterprise empire, the previous president should deal with each the marketing campaign path and the courtroom in a manner that’s by no means been seen in American politics.
Trump has pleaded not responsible to all the legal prices, and whereas varied prosecutors are hoping to maneuver in a short time, the authorized system and Trump’s varied appeals have slowed issues all the way down to his benefit.
Right here’s a fast rundown of the place Trump’s circumstances stand proper now.
Particular counsel Jack Smith has charged Trump with 4 counts in Washington, DC, over his alleged efforts to undermine the outcomes of the 2020 election.
Standing: Delayed indefinitely.
US District Choose Tanya Chutkan has scrapped the March 4 trial date as a federal appeals courtroom considers Trump’s declare that he enjoys presidential immunity from legal prosecution. The appeals courtroom ruling, anticipated any day now, is definite to be appealed to the Supreme Court docket as nicely.
Smith has additionally charged Trump with 42 counts in Florida for his mishandling of categorised paperwork after he left the White Home. Two others have been charged within the case, together with Trump’s private aide.
Standing: Could trial, maybe.
US District Choose Aileen Cannon has set Trump’s trial for Could, although she has stated she could revisit the trial date throughout a March listening to. Cannon has previously been receptive to Trump’s complaints that the case requires an intensive pre-trial interval, significantly his argument that the “voluminous” quantity of proof that protection attorneys should sift by earlier than the trial begins necessitates extra trial prep time.
Trump and 14 others are going through state prices in Fulton County, Georgia, for his or her alleged makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 election outcomes. Prosecutors have used the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to allege a sprawling legal enterprise that concerned states apart from Georgia.
Standing: No trial date has been set.
Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis has requested for an August trial date. Nineteen individuals have been initially charged within the case, however 4 have already pleaded responsible and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg has charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying enterprise information to hide the reimbursement of hush cash funds made to grownup movie star Stormy Daniels.
Standing: Trial in late March.
Choose Juan Merchan has set a trial date of March 25, making that trial probably the primary one Trump will face among the many 4 circumstances.
A civil fraud case introduced by the New York legal professional normal in opposition to Trump, his grownup sons and his firm, the Trump Group, is threatening to upend the previous president’s enterprise and model. Choose Arthur Engoron has already dominated that Trump has engaged in fraud and canceled enterprise certificates for a lot of of Trump’s entities in New York.
Standing: Resolution anticipated quickly.
Engoron is poised to subject one other main ruling within the case, although the timing of it’s unclear. This one will deal with a number of different claims, together with conspiracy, issuing false monetary statements, falsifying enterprise information and insurance coverage fraud.