Where Trump’s 3 other criminal cases stand after his conviction in New York

Washington – Former President Donald Trump conviction on all 34 state criminal charges in New York could mark the end of the trial phase in hush money casebut one trio of processes continue to hang over the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Trump still faces charges in two cases filed in federal courts in South Florida and Washington, D.C., by special counsel Jack Smith and a state court case led by Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney Fani Willis.

The cases move slowly and Trump has sought to delay any trials until after the November presidential election. If he wins a second term in the White House, Trump could order the Justice Department to drop federal charges, or if he is convicted of federal charges before then, he could try to pardon himself, but this has never been done and he could face legal action . challenge.

Here is where each of the remaining three cases is found:

The case of documents

In a case brought to federal court in South Florida, Trump is charged with 40 counts stemming from his alleged mishandling of sensitive government records after leaving the White House and efforts to obstruct the Justice Department’s investigation. Two others were charged alongside Trump, his aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira. All three defendants pleaded not guilty.

The trial of the case was scheduled to start on May 20thbut U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the case, postponed indefinitely this. Cannon, appointed to the court by Trump, cited pending pretrial motions, issues involving how confidential evidence would be used in the case and other pretrial and trial preparations as justification for delaying the trial.

The judge has not yet ruled on several requests from Trump and his co-defendants to dismiss the charges filed against them in February. The former president argued that the accusation should be thrown away based on prosecutorial misconduct, vindictive prosecution and presidential immunity. Smith and his team urged Cannon to deny Trump’s motions and rejected allegations about the indictment.

Cannon continued to open files which clarified proceedings during the federal investigation into Trump’s handling of records marked confidential after the end of his presidency. More documents may be released over the next few months.

The 2020 electoral case

The second federal indictment filed by Smith, this one in Washington, D.C., involves Trump’s alleged conspiracy to subvert the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election. accused of four counts in August 2023 and pleaded innocent.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, assigned to the case, scheduled a test to begin March 4. But the processes been on hold since December like Trump appealed adverse decisions who discovered he was unqualified to broad immunity from federal prosecution.

Chutkan and a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Trump is is not protected from criminal charges for presidential immunity. Trump appealed to the Supreme Court, which I heard arguments in April over whether a former president enjoys presidential immunity for allegedly official acts committed while in the White House.

The high court has not yet issued a ruling, but is expected to do so in the coming weeks. If Trump prevails, he will put an end to Smith’s prosecution. But if the Supreme Court sides with the special prosecutor, it would pave the way for the case to resume.

Some of the judges seemed likely to recognize some level of immunity from federal prosecution for the official acts of a former president, but have signaled that they could send the dispute back to the lower courts for further proceedings over whether Trump’s alleged actions surrounding the 2020 election were taken in his capacity as president or ordinary citizen.

A ruling requiring lower courts to conduct more in-depth analysis would make it unlikely to hold a trial before the November presidential election.

The Georgia election case

A Fulton County Grand Jury indicted Trump It is 18 allies in August 2023, in a wide-ranging racketeering case stemming from an alleged scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Trump was initially charged with 13 state criminal counts, but three of them were played by Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the case. Trump declared himself innocent to all charges. Willis is appealing the dismissal of some of the charges.

Of the original 18 co-defendants, four pleaded guilty after reaching plea deals with prosecutors.

A trial date has not yet been set in the Fulton County case, and the proceedings were stalled for months after one of Trump’s co-defendants, Michael Roman, attempted to remove Willis and his office from the case. Roman accused Willis and Nathan Wadespecial prosecutor hired to work on the investigation, of having an inappropriate romantic relationship from which Willis benefited financially.

Trump and seven others joined Roman’s efforts to disqualify Willis from the case and have the indictment dismissed.

Willis and Wade admitted that they were romantically involved, but denied that Willis benefited financially from it. Both said their relationship began after Wade was hired in November 2021 and ended in the summer of 2023. McAfee finally rejected the request to kick Willis and his office off the case, but said Wade had to resign, which he did.

Trump and his co-defendants appealed the McAfee decision and the Georgia Court of Appeals agreed to review the decision.

The former president attempted to dismiss the indictment for several reasons, including that he had absolute immunity from prosecution and the charges violated the First Amendment. In April, McAfee rejected Trump’s offer to have the charges dismissed on First Amendment grounds. Trump and his allies are trying to appeal that order.