TFG INDICTMENTS

TFG's 91 felony counts from 4 indictments across the backdrop of 1 attempted insurrection.

This is not being updated to reflect where the cases stand. For the latest on elections-related court cases, Democracy Docket is a great option.


THE 4 INDICTMENTS

FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA: ELECTION INTERFERENCE

Case:

  • The State of Georgia v. Donald J. T*ump, et al.

Criminal Counts against TFG: 13

  • 3 counts of solicitation of violation of oath by public officer
  • 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree
  • 2 counts of conspiracy to commit false statements and writings
  • 2 counts of false statements and writings
  • Violation of Georgia RICO Act
  • Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a public officer
  • Conspiracy to commit filing false documents
  • Filing false documents
  • (Counts c/o CBS News)

*UPDATE: 6 counts have been tossed by the judge as of 03/13/24. 3 of the 6 counts dropped are against TFG, bringing his total charges to 10 in this case. The judge stressed that the Prosecution can refile the charges in greater detail, to see if they'll hold then. More from The Hill. They were refiled by Prosecutor Fani Willis with an Appeals Court.

Case/Allegations Summary:

  • 18 co-defendants in this one. RICO Act violation, where this group coordinated to prevent the certification of Georgia's 2020 presidential election results. This includes the ridiculous, recorded "find 11,780 votes" call TFG made to then-GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on 01.02.21 - part of the coordinated effort made by TFG and company to illegally flip GA's electoral votes from Biden to TFG.

STORMY DANIELS: HUSH MONEY

Case:

  • The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. T*ump

Criminal Counts against TFG: 34

  • 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree
  • (Counts c/o CBS News)

Case/Allegations Summary:

  • Hush money payment made by his then-personal attorney Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an affair with T*ump. The payment's said to have been made before the 2016 Presidential election.

Trial Start Date:

  • APRIL 15TH, 2024.

Judgment:

  • GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS

SPECIAL COUNSEL: CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

Case:

  • United States of America v. Donald J. T*ump, Waltine Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira

Criminal Counts against TFG: 40

  • 32 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information;
  • One count of conspiracy to obstruct justice;
  • One count of withholding a document or record;
  • One count of corruptly concealing a document or record
  • One count of concealing a document in a federal investigation
  • One count of scheme to conceal
  • One count of false statements and representations
  • One count of altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing an object
  • One count of corruptly altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing a document, record or other object
  • (Counts c/o CBS News)

Case/Allegations Summary:

  • Mishandling of highly classified documents at T*ump's Florida Mar-A-Lago Country Club and a scheme to conceal his retention of these documents.

Scheduled Trial Start Date:

SPECIAL COUNSEL: ELECTION INTERFERENCE

Case: 

  • United States of America v. Donald J. T*ump

Criminal Counts against TFG: 4

  • Conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
  • Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding
  • Obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding
  • Conspiracy against rights
  • (Counts c/o CBS News)

Case/Allegations Summary:

  • T*ump's attempts to overthrow the 2020 election results; disrupting the peaceful transition of power; spreading election lies that led to the Jan 6th Capitol attack.

Scheduled Trial Start Date: Case has been dismissed (more from NBC News).


MORE TRIALS

E JEAN CARROLL: DEFAMATION x2

Case/Allegations Summary:

Defamation Lawsuit Trial Dates:

  • Original Lawsuit: 11/04/19
  • Second Lawsuit: 11/24/22

Judgment, Original Lawsuit:

  • $83.3 million awarded to Carroll by a jury 01/26/24.

Judgment, Second Lawsuit:

  • $5 million awarded to Carroll by a jury 05/09/23.

Source: The Hill / Zach Schonfeld

NEW YORK: CIVIL FRAUD

Case/Allegations Summary:

  • The simplest way to put it might be: consistently lying about his wealth to vastly increase his wealth.

Trial Dates:

    • 10/02/23 - 01/11/24.

Judgment, 02/16/24:

  • $454 million penalty against T*ump ($355M in "ill-gotten gains" + interest).
  • T*ump is also barred from serving as an officer or director of any corporation or other legal entity in New York State for 3 years.
  • This has been appealed - more from NPR.
  • Update: T*ump can't come up with a $464M bond in this case, despite claiming to be on the level of billionaire wealth for some time. Read more from NPR.
  • Update: T*ump got a rarely given 62% discount on the bond by an NY Appellate Court, bringing it down to $175 million (Business Insider). There is a lot of solid reporting out there about the bond T*ump posted, who he got it from, and how this is developing.

T*UMP UNIVERSITY

Case/Allegations Summary:

  • In short, 3 separate lawsuits were originally filed from 2010 - 2013 against T*ump University for "deceptive practices" and more.

Decision:

  • T*ump settled for $25 million to T*ump University attendees from 2007 - 2010.
  • For more detail, the Center for American Progress has a really good piece exploring this education scandal.

THE 4 STATES WITH FAKE ELECTORS CASES

ARIZONA

GEORGIA

MICHIGAN

NEVADA

  • More from USA Today on all of this. Keep in mind that TFG is not facing charges in every one of the above States.

Sources for TFG Indictments: Department of Justice, CBS News, PBS FrontlineCREW, and AXIOS.

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