Former President Donald Trump faces a number of criminal charges in two cases — but that may not be all, as he faces scrutiny in other probes. This all comes as Trump is running for president.
Former President Donald Trump announced this week he’s received word that he’s a target of the grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump took to social media to say he could be federally charged related to the Jan. 6, 2021 siege on the U.S. Capitol.
If charges in the Jan. 6 case come to fruition, Trump, the first former president in United States history to be criminally indicted, will be facing numerous charges in three separate criminal cases in three states.
So far this year, Trump has been criminally indicted twice for crimes he allegedly committed before and after his presidency — all announced as he’s running for president again.
Trump has also been embroiled in civil lawsuits out of New York — one of which is tied to allegations he and close advisers to the Trump Organization (including his children) committed fraud.
Trump has pleaded not guilty in each of the criminal cases he’s been charged and says he is not liable in the other cases.Criminal cases
The Mar-a-Lago classified documents case
Number of charges: 37
Expected trial date: Waiting for U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to decide timing for a trial in Florida
Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges for allegedly storing dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort and then refusing to hand them over to the FBI and the National Archives.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is also leading the investigation into the Jan. 6 charges against Trump, oversaw the probe into the documents case.
Federal prosecutors allege Trump had a direct hand in packing classified documents when he left the White House in 2021, that he then bragged about having these secret materials and pushed his own attorney to mislead federal law enforcement about what kind of documents he had in his resort.
Prosecutors have told Judge Cannon they want Trump’s trial to begin on December 11. It’s expected that legal filings by Trump’s team will delay the schedule and potentially push back any trial into 2024. His legal team is working to get the trial pushed back until after the 2024 presidential election. At a pretrial hearing on July 18 Cannon said she would issue an order soon outlining an appropriate schedule.
Trump aide Walt Nauta has also been indicted in this case. He pleaded not guilty in early July to charges that he conspired with the former president to withhold classified documents.
The Stormy Daniels hush money case
Number of charges: 34
Expected trial date: March 25, 2024 in New York
With this case, Trump became the first former president in United States history to be criminally indicted. The grand jury voted to indict Trump in March on 34 felony counts of business record falsification.
Allegations in this case go back to before Trump was elected president. They are tied to hush money payments made before the 2016 elections to the adult film star Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair.
