Donald Trump là cựu tổng thống đầu tiên trong lịch sử Hoa Kỳ bị buộc tội hình sự cấp tiểu bang hoặc liên bang, với 4 cáo trạng riêng biệt được đưa ra từ tháng 3 đến tháng 8 năm 2023. Dưới đây là tổng quan về 4 vụ án của Trump, bao gồm tiền đút lót, tài liệu mật, can thiệp bầu cử và quận Fulton.
Donald Trump is the first former president in US history to be charged with a state or federal crime, with four separate indictments issued between March and August 2023. Below is an overview of the four Trump cases: Hush money, classified documents, election interference, and Fulton County.
1. Hush Money
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. Next up: Trump’s sentencing on this verdict is scheduled for July 11.
2. Classified Documents
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, 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.
Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed the trial on May 7, 2024, citing significant issues around classified evidence that would need to be worked out before the federal criminal case goes to a jury.
3. Election Interference
Trump’s third indictment is a result of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into alleged efforts by the former president and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment alleges Trump and a co-conspirator “attempted to exploit the violence and chaos at the Capitol by calling lawmakers to convince them … to delay the certification” of the election. It also alleges another co-conspirator pushed then-Vice President Mike Pence to “violate the law” to delay President Joe Biden’s victory. The Trump campaign released a statement shortly after the indictment denying the allegations. Trump pleaded not guilty to all four counts.
On Feb. 6, 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. The ruling is a major blow to Trump’s key defense thus far in the case.
The charging documents repeatedly reference six co-conspirators, but as is common practice, their identities are withheld because they have not been charged with any crimes.
4. Fulton County
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 until a panel of judges rules on whether Willis should be disqualified.
Source: Amy O’Kruk and Curt Merrill, CNN.
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/07/politics/trump-indictments-criminal-cases/
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