Barbara McQuade said on Saturday that « it is beyond disappointing that these criminal cases are going to be on ice the way they are. »
Following the outcome of this year’s presidential election in which Donald Trump won a second term, a legal analyst said on Saturday the civil cases against the president-elect aren’t going anywhere.
Trump, who won Tuesday’s election over Vice President Kamala Harris, is to make history in January by entering the White House as a convicted felon following his hush money trial in New York as he still faces several other criminal and civil cases against him. Trump, who is expected to be sentenced on November 26 in the hush money case, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and has denied any wrongdoing.
One of the most notable civil cases saw writer E. Jean Carroll win two lawsuits against Trump over her claim that he raped her at a New York City department store in the 1990s. He was found liable for defamation and sexual abuse and was ordered to pay Carroll a total of $88.3 million. Trump denies Carroll’s claim and has since appealed.
Another notable civil case against Trump is the massive judgment that was handed to him in February. The judgment was a result of a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Trump, his three eldest children and The Trump Organization, alleging that they engaged in financial fraud by inflating property values to secure favorable loans and insurance terms. Trump has maintained his innocence in that case as well.
Trump faced another defamation lawsuit in October when five men wrongfully convicted of a 1989 New York City assault who became known as the Central Park Five filed a defamation lawsuit. The suit filed in Pennsylvania federal court was prompted by Trump’s remarks during the September 10 presidential debate with Harris when he falsely claimed the men were responsible for the crime and that the victim in the incident had died.
