UPDATED: Trump’s Indictments, Pending Probes, and Judgments

New York State Civil Inquiry

In a September lawsuit, the New York attorney general, Letitia James, accused Trump of lying to lenders and insurers by fraudulently overvaluing his assets by billions of dollars, reported the New York Times.

"Ms. James is seeking to bar the Trumps, including Mr. Trump’s older sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, and his older daughter, Ivanka, from running a business in New York," wrote The Times.

Trump Arraigned in New York in April

On April 4, Manhattan prosecutors accused former President Donald Trump of covering up a potential sex scandal during the 2016 presidential campaign.

34 felony charges were unveiled. 

Trump pled not guilty to all charges.

Specifically, Trump has been charged with felony counts related to falsifying business records in the first degree.

Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation and Victim Awarded $5M in Civil Trial

In May, six men and three women found former President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

The jury awarded approximately $5 million to the victim — sexual abuse of the magazine writer E. Jean Carroll.

The case was a civil trial. Trump does not have to register as a sex offender.

The jury deliberated for less than a day.

The Wall Street Journal reports, "The verdict is a rebuke to Mr. Trump as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination while being dogged by a host of legal troubles. He is separately facing New York criminal charges connected to his payment of hush money to a porn star before the 2016 election, as well as other criminal investigations, related to the pressuring of Georgia officials after the 2020 election, his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, and his handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence."

The trial was conducted over two weeks in a New York courtroom.

After the verdict was read, Trump posted to TRUTH Social, insisting he didn’t know Carroll. 

"This verdict is a disgrace," he wrote. "A continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time!" 

Georgia Election Investigation

Reuters reports that "Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, is also investigating whether Trump and others acted illegally to try to overturn his defeat in that state's 2020 presidential vote, with a charging decision expected by Sept. 1."

According to the New York Times, "legal experts say that Mr. Trump and others appear to be at “substantial risk” of prosecution for violating a number Georgia statutes, including the state’s racketeering law."

SEC Investigation of Truth Social Deal

Reuters reports: "The Justice Department and financial regulators are investigating special purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition Corp's (DWAC.O) October 2021 deal with Trump's social media firm Truth Social."

"The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority have been investigating whether any securities regulations were broken, according to Digital World's financial disclosure documents," according to the report.

Indictment by U.S. Department of Justice - 37 Counts

Arrested and Formally Charged

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in the special counsel’s classified documents probe.

He faces 37 counts.

Trump made the announcement on his social media platform.

The indictment of a former President is a stunning development.

Trump has been charged with seven counts in the indictment, according to another source familiar with the matter.

The former President wrote on Truth Social that he had been informed by the Justice Department he was indicted and that he was “summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM.”

“The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” Trump wrote.

The indictment was filed in Federal District Court in Miami.

On June 13, he was arrested and formally charged for the alleged crimes.

"Wack Job" Comment on CNN Leads to New Legal Troubles for Trump

The New York Times reports:

A Manhattan judge on Tuesday granted E. Jean Carroll’s request to revise a defamation lawsuit she has filed against former President Donald J. Trump, stemming from derogatory comments he made about her in 2019, to include similar comments he made recently on CNN.

The order by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court came over Mr. Trump’s objections. He had asked the judge to stop Ms. Carroll’s defamation lawsuit since, he said, he could not have defamed her in 2019 when he denied her allegation of a decades-old rape. That’s because, Mr. Trump said, a jury in a separate case recently found him liable only for sexually abusing Ms. Carroll, and not for raping her, as she had long insisted.

The jury, after a two-week trial, awarded Ms. Carroll $5 million in damages.