It’s Donald Trump awaiting judgment On July 11 in New York on 34 felony charges, but he has more dangerous potential legal problems pending, including three other criminal cases in which he faces more serious charges.
In addition to the New York court, Trump also faces criminal charges in Georgia, Florida and Washington. Whether any of the remaining criminal cases will go to trial before Election Day is an open question, but at this point it seems unlikely.
The former president also has a number of pending appeals, including two that could cost him more than half a billion dollars if he loses, and another case before the U.S. Supreme Court. wins.
Here’s a look at some of Trump’s remaining court cases and their status.
Confidential documents case
Although the maximum sentence Trump could face in the New York case is four years on each count — his sentence unlikely to get – Some of the charges in the Florida federal classifieds case carry a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Struck by A 37 federal indictment last year at a Florida social club he allegedly illegally stored and mishandled highly sensitive national security information and was later slapped. additional fees said that he was trying to cover up his guilt. Trump maintains that he has done nothing inappropriate and that he is not guilty.
The case was once scheduled to go to trial on May 20, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump nominee, postponed the trial. indefinitely earlier this month, citing the “countless” legal challenges it still has to deal with.
Federal election interference case
Special prosecutor Jack Smith has charged Trump with conspiracy to deceive the United States For the first time, a former US president has been charged with a crime for illegally disrupting the results of the 2020 presidential election and the peaceful transition of power. The Washington case, originally scheduled to go to trial before Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money case against Trump, has also been put on hold indefinitely.
That’s because the Supreme Court will hear Trump’s appeal on Jan. 6, 2021, to defend his actions in connection with the riots in the US Congress. presidential immunity, remained so when he left the job. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case in April and has yet to rule.
The case could be thrown out if the conservative-leaning court, which includes three Trump-appointed judges, rules entirely in favor of the former president. The court is sending the case back to Washington-based US District Judge Tanya Chutkan more action almost any trial on whether some of his actions are immune from prosecution will be delayed until well after the election, and those issues will be litigated further.
If the high court rules entirely against Trump by the end of June, a pre-election trial would still be theoretically possible, but unlikely. Legal experts told NBC News about it.
The charges in the case carry a maximum sentence of 5 to 20 years in prison. Trump pleaded not guilty.
The case of interference in Georgian elections
Trump faces 10 felony charges in Georgia, which Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis has charged as part of a widespread conspiracy. racketeering conspiracy aimed at illegally nullifying the results of the 2020 elections in the state. The racketeering charge carries a sentence of five to 20 years in prison, and Trump has pleaded not guilty.
The case, filed in August 2023, is the only pending criminal case with no trial scheduled. Prosecutors had asked Judge Scott McAfee to set a trial date for August 2024, which Trump’s lawyer, Steve Sadun, argued would be “at the most.” effective election interference in the history of the United States” because Trump will likely still be tried on Election Day.
McAfee has not yet set a trial date, and it could be until a state appeals court rules on the appeal of Willis and his office. should be disqualified from work.
Appeals from civil judgments
Trump currently has three appeals of the rulings totaling more than $560 million — a potentially huge sum. financial sabotage for him and his company if he loses.
The greatest of these judgments is the greater $350 million prize Earlier this year, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a fraud case against Trump and the Trump Organization. Judge Arthur Engoro’s reward quickly rose 464 million dollars Due to prejudgment interest in February and since then it has increased by over $100,000 per day. This amount will continue to increase until the appeal is resolved.
Trump also appeals two judgments in cases filed by writer E. Jean Carroll. The first was a $5 million verdict last year after a jury found Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation of a writer, and the other was an $83 million defamation verdict earlier this year. He had to post a $91 million bond to secure the sentence during the appeal.
That too facing allegations Of the ten police officers injured in the January 6 riot. A federal judge in Washington last month rejected a bid to further delay the cases.