Donald Trump has been found guilty in a hush money trial, but his legal woes are far from over.
As he continues his bid to retake the White House come November, the former president is facing several other court cases.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in all four cases and has said they are all attempts to stop him from regaining the presidency.
You can tap the links below to jump to each case.
Georgia election interference case
Quick overview — Donald Trump and 18 others were charged in August relating to alleged efforts to meddle in the 2020 election result in Georgia, a crucial swing state that helped Joe Biden win the White House.
High-profile figures charged alongside Trump included White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis intends to try all 19 defendants together.
The charges he faces — Trump and his co-defendants have been charged with 41 different offences. All face at least two charges.
Trump initially faced 13 separate counts but three ended up being thrown out.
All 19 people indicted have been charged with violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations legislation, better known as RICO.
The law is an attempt to capture large-scale criminal enterprises involving multiple people.
Case status — A trial date has not yet been set.
Federal election interference case
Quick overview — In August, Donald Trump was indicted over alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, culminating in the January 6 insurrection.
Along with six co-conspirators, he is accused of creating an “intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger” with the intent to subvert the election result, perpetrating “three criminal conspiracies” in the process.
The six co-conspirators have not been charged and while they were not named, court documents revealed four were attorneys, one was a political consultant and one was a Justice Department official.
The charges he faces — Trump is charged with four counts:
- Obstruction of an official proceeding
- Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding
- Conspiracy to defraud the US
- Conspiracy to prevent others from carrying out their constitutional rights.
Case status — The trial was originally set to begin in Washington’s federal court on March 4 but US District Judge Tanya Chutkan postponed the case. No new date has been set.
Classified documents case
Quick overview — Donald Trump was charged in June with illegally retaining classified documents taken with him from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left office in 2021 — and then obstructing government demands to give them back.
He was hit with additional charges the following month accusing him of conspiring to ask a staffer to delete surveillance video at the property, along with withholding a document he’s alleged to have shown to visitors at his New Jersey gold club.
Prosecutors have described that specific document as a Pentagon “plan of attack”.
The charges he faces — Trump faces 40 felony counts related to both the possession of the document — including crimes under the Espionage Act —and the alleged obstruction.
The charges include but are not limited to:
- Wilful retention of national defence information
- Conspiracy to obstruct justice
- False statements and representations.
Case status — The trial date was originally set for May 20. On May 8, US District Judge Aileen Cannon cancelled the trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
New York civil fraud case
Quick overview — In February, a New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $US454 million ($691 million) in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders.
Justice Arthur Engoron also banned Trump from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation for three years.
In March, 30 companies rejected Trump’s efforts to secure a bond, with his lawyers arguing it was “a practical impossibility” to secure that money required while he appealed.
The appeals court ruled it would halt collection if he put up the smaller sum of $US175 million within 10 days.
What happens next — The bond Trump posted is essentially a placeholder meant to guarantee payment if the judgement is upheld.
If it is upheld, he will have to pay the state the whole sum, which grows daily with interest.
If Trump wins, he will not have to pay the state anything and will get back the money he has paid now.
Case status — The appeals court said it would hear arguments in September but a specific date has not been set. If the schedule holds, it will fall in the final weeks of the presidential race.
