Detailed Notes

• Legal Troubles for Former President Donald Trump
  
  •Trump is facing scrutiny in multiple ongoing investigations that could come with criminal charges.
  
  •These investigations have the potential to upend the 2024 presidential race, in which Trump has already announced his candidacy.
  
  •The criminal case centers on a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels in order to quiet her allegations of an affair with Trump.
  
  •After Trump was elected president, his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was reimbursed with a total of $420,000, to account for taxes and other costs.
  
  •Some of the reimbursement checks were signed by Trump himself, who has admitted to repaying Cohen for money paid to Daniels.
• Investigations into Donald Trump’s Potential Criminal Activities
  
  •Trump is being investigated for potential felony under New York state law, as well as possible crimes in Georgia related to the 2020 presidential election.
  
  •The New York case is being brought by Alvin Bragg Jr., and the Georgia case is led by Fani Willis.
  
  •Reports have surfaced that prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office offered Trump the chance to testify before a grand jury.
  
  •Trump’s allies pressured Georgia state officials to change the election outcome and sent slates of fake electors.
  
  •Special Counsel Jack Smith is leading two U.S. Department of Justice investigations into possible criminal actions by Trump.
  
  •One investigation focuses on Trump’s handling of classified documents after his presidency, and the other looks into interference with the 2020 election.
• DOJ Investigations of Trump’s Finances and Involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
  
  •DOJ has subpoenaed former Vice President Mike Pence in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot.
  
  •DOJ is investigating the finances of Save America, a Trump-affiliated PAC.
  
  •It is unclear when charges, if any, would be brought forward.
  
  •An indictment could draw accusations of political motivations as 2024 election approaches.