New York Hush Money

• Trump was convicted in May of falsifying business records connected to $130,000 of hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels after a six-week trial.
• The payment, executed by Trump’s ex-attorney, Michael Cohen, prevented an embarrassing story from being published in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
• Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, Trump’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the case.
• The judge has said he will rule on the motion to dismiss on November 12.
• Trump’s sentencing is scheduled for November 26, three weeks after the election, and he faces up to four years in prison.
• He is expected to appeal and will have 30 days after sentencing to file.
• He can only be pardoned by the governor of New York.

Federal Classified Documents (Florida)

• In June 2023, Trump was charged with 37 counts related to mishandling classified documents after he left office and storing them at his Mar-a-Lago estate, and a few weeks later, three more counts were added.
• Some of the charges also involve allegations of obstructing federal agents as they tried to reclaim the documents, showing the trove of files to people without clearance, and violating the Espionage Act.
• Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 40 counts.
• The case was originally scheduled to go to trial on May 20, but that date was delayed indefinitely before Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case altogether on July 15, saying that special counsel Jack Smith had been appointed unconstitutionally.
• Smith has appealed the dismissal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and there is no clear timeline for its resolution.
• If the case gets reinstated, Trump could face 100 years in prison if convicted.
• Cannon is reportedly on a list of candidates for attorney general should Trump win the election.
• If Trump wins, he would likely order the Department of Justice to drop the charges because the case was brought at the federal level.

Federal Election Subversion (Washington DC)

• In August 2023, the Department of Justice indicted Trump over the events linked to the January 6 insurrection and organizing false slates of electors.
• Trump has been charged with four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights, and obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.
• Trump has pleaded not guilty to all four counts.
• If convicted, Trump could get a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison.
• Judge Tanya Chutkan originally scheduled a trial for March 4, but after a series of Trump motions to dismiss that delayed the trial date, the Supreme Court ultimately stepped in and ruled that presidents have “absolute” immunity from all core constitutional acts and “presumptive” immunity from all other official acts.
• After the Supreme Court ruling, Jack Smith, who brought the case, revised his charges and resubmitted them to Chutkan to determine how to proceed.
• There is no clear timeline for Chutkan’s ruling, but if Trump wins the election, he could fire Jack Smith and order the Justice Department to drop all charges.

Georgia Election Interference:

• Trump and 18 others have been accused of attempting to alter the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia by pressuring local officials and election workers.
• The district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, indicted Trump on racketeering charges in August 2023.
• This is the case involving Trump’s infamous phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he asked him to “find 11,780 votes.”
• He turned himself into a Georgia jail and had his mugshot taken.
• The case is currently on hold as a judge determines whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from the case after she was accused of having a romantic relationship with a co-prosecutor.
• The next hearing on Willis’ status is scheduled for December 5.
• Trump cannot pardon himself if he’s convicted because the charges were brought at the state level.
• In Georgia, only a board that is appointed by the governor can approve pardons.