Donald Trump's criminal cases, in one place

Summary

Trump was first indicted in March 2023 by the Manhattan district attorney on state charges related to a hush-money payment to an adult-film star in 2016. On May 30, he was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree by 12 jurors. Prosecutors alleged during the trial that Trump was a part of an illegal conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election. Further, they alleged he was part of an unlawful plan to suppress negative information, including the $130,000 payment. Trump pleaded not guilty.

On Nov. 19, 2024, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told Judge Juan Merchan they would agree to delay Trump’s sentencing, set for Nov. 26, to allow time for the anticipated litigation around the president-elect’s expected motion to dismiss the case.

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Trump was indicted in June 2023 by a federal grand jury in Miami for taking classified national defense documents from the White House after he left office and resisting the government’s attempts to retrieve the materials. Both Trump and his aide Walt Nauta have pleaded not guilty.

On July 27, 2023, the special counsel charged Trump with three new counts, including one additional count of willful retention of national defense information. Nauta was also charged on two new counts. A third defendant, Carlos de Oliveira, was added to the case and charged with four counts, including being added to the obstruction conspiracy charged in the original indictment.

US District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case on July 15, 2024, saying in a ruling that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution.

"In the end, it seems the Executive’s growing comfort in appointing ‘regulatory’ special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” Cannon wrote.

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Special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment on August 27 in his investigation into alleged efforts by the former president and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. The new indictment slims down the allegations against the 2024 Republican presidential nominee in light of the Supreme Court's immunity ruling, though none of the four charges have been dropped. In the reworked indictment, prosecutors argue several times that Trump didn't have any constitutionally assigned presidential duties regarding the post-election transition of power. In one instance, prosecutors pointed to the Electoral College certification proceedings that took place during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021. The criminal charges in part accuse Trump of illegally obstructing the certification proceeding. The Trump campaign has previously denied the allegations and Trump pleaded not guilty to all four counts.

On February 6, 2024, a federal appeals court ruled that Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results. On July 1, the Supreme Court rejected that decision, ruling that Trump can claim limited immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken in office — likely further delaying a trial in the case.

On Oct. 2, 2024, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., released a 165-page filing from Smith in which the special counsel argues that Trump acted to overturn the election in his private capacity as a candidate, rather than in his official capacity as a president. The document, which offers the fullest account of the special counsel's evidence, lays out the prosecution's case for a trial judge in a way that they believe would overcome the immunity protections around the presidency that the Supreme Court outlined.

The initial charging documents repeatedly reference six co-conspirators, but as is common practice, their identities were withheld because they have not been charged with any crimes. However, based on quotes in the indictment and other context, CNN can identify five of the six co-conspirators below.

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An Atlanta-based grand jury on August 14, 2023, indicted Trump and 18 others on state charges stemming from their alleged efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat. Four people have pleaded guilty.

The historic indictment is the fourth criminal case that Trump is facing. The charges, brought in a sweeping investigation led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, cover some of the most overt efforts by the former president and his allies to meddle in the 2020 presidential election. Unlike the election subversion charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith, Willis’ case will be insulated if Trump is reelected in 2024; he will not be able to pardon himself or his allies of any state law convictions, nor will he be able to order the state-level prosecutors to withdraw the charges. Trump pleaded not guilty via court filing, waiving an in-court appearance as allowed by Georgia law.

On March 13, 2024, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six of the 41 counts from the indictment, including three that applied to Trump. The partial dismissal does not mean that the entire indictment has been dismissed. McAfee’s partial dismissal left most of the sprawling racketeering indictment intact.

On June 5, a Georgia appeals court indefinitely paused the case for Trump and some co-defendants until a panel of judges rules on whether Willis should be disqualified.

On September 12, some of the charges were thrown out by the judge.