Before he fights his way back to the White House, the president Donald Trump He was fighting many civil and criminal charges that threatened to overturn his finances and rob his freedom. These cases have loose ends, but have mostly eased since he took office.
On Thursday, Trump declared “a complete victory” after the appeal court Throwed it out A massive financial penalty for New York State Attorney General Leticia James The lawsuit alleges that he exaggerated his wealth and the value of marquee assets like Trump Tower and Mar Arago. Other punishments affecting Trump’s business still apply, but they can be suspended until further appeal.
Since Trump’s reelection in November, four separate criminal cases that have illegally hoarded his quiet money convictions, allegations of election interference and classified documents have been dropped, resolved, or placed aside. On the civil side, several well-known lawsuits against Trump have gone quietly throughout the appeal process.
This is where they stand now, seeing some of Trump’s crimes and civil cases.
New York hash money case
Trump Became the first former president of the United States A New York ju-degree judge was found guilty in May 2024 when he felt guilty of forging and covering up business records Quiet money payment for porn actors Who said they had sex?
Trump may have faced prison time, but Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchant said in January Judgment Instead, he left his book certainty for what is known as unconditional discharge, but escaped his punishment. Trump is like that I appeal to you for your confidence.
Trump is expected to take office in a few days, and Merchant says he must respect Trump’s future legal protections as president, hoping for “God Speed, as if he’s envisioning a second term in office.”
Georgia Election Interference Case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in August 2023. He charged Trump and 18 other people By joining a plan to illegally overturn Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Willis quoted Trump January 2021 Phone To the Georgia Secretary, Efforts to exchange Georgia’s democratic presidential election with people voting for Trump; Fulton County Election Workers and Incorrect copy of data and software from election equipment.
However, the case in which Willis spent the apocalypse was related to the man she appointed to indict it. a State Court of Appeals in December Willis has been removed from the case. She appealed the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court, but even if the High Court filed a lawsuit and decided in her favour, she would rarely pursue criminal charges against Trump while he was in office.
Federal election case
Special Advisor Jack Smith indicted Trump August In 2023, with the lens up until January 6, 2021, President Joe Biden conspiring to overturn the consequence of his election losses in a riot at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors claim Trump and his allies have deliberately pushed Election fraud lies Pressure state officials to overturn Biden’s victory and disrupt Vice President Mike Pence’s ritual count of election votes.
But Smith moved Drop the case After Trump won reelection in November. Long-standing Justice Department policies say that a sitting president cannot face Criminal prosecution.
Categorized document cases
In another prosecution, Smith indicted Trump in June 2023 After taking office in January 2021, he illegally retained the confidential documents he stole from the White House to Mar Arago, and subsequently interfered with government demands. Prosecutors filed additional charges the following month, accusing Trump of showing visitors a “plan of attack” at a golf club in New Jersey.
Smith also moved to drop the incident after winning the Trump election.
Sexual assault lawsuit
In May 2023, the Federal Jury discovered that Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and later slandered her. Jujuku Carol has been awarded $5 million.
January 2024, the second ju judge Carol has awarded an additional $83.3 million Trump finds them slanderous in the damages he made for comments he made about her while he was president. Trump is appealing for that decision.
He also appealed the first ju trial decision, but in December he was asked to support And I declined in June to reconsider. Trump can still try to hear his appeal to the Supreme Court.
New York civil fraud lawsuit
A panel of five judges from the mid-level appeals division in New York on Thursday. It overturned Trump’s incredible financial penalty James’ lawsuit narrowly supports a lower court’s finding that he engaged in fraud by padding wealth into financial statements provided to lenders and insurance companies.
The judge found that the penalty surged to $515 million in interest daily — violated the US Constitution’s ban on excessive fines. At the same time, they left other punishments in place, including Trump and his two eldest sons. Serves corporate leadership Several years.
This decision can almost certainly suspend the penalty that has been appealed to the Court of Appeal, the state’s Supreme Court, and upheld that the court’s rules.
