Where the rest of Trump’s cases stand after guilty verdict

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Where the rest of Trump’s cases stand after guilty verdict
By
Ross O'Keefe
June 1, 2024 11:35 am
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A Manhattan jury convicted former President Donald Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records Thursday, making him a convicted felon.

Trump is expected to appeal the decision but is also still facing three other major criminal cases: The federal election interference case, the classified documents case, and the Georgia election interference case.

Here’s where those cases stand as Trump awaits his July 11 sentencing in the Manhattan hush money case.

Federal election interference case: Supreme Court arguments

Allegations that Trump interfered with the 2020 election coalesced into charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith as he was indicted in August 2023.

A trial date hasn’t been set after an initial March 4 trial was called off. The Supreme Court heard arguments over Trump’s claims of absolute presidential immunity in the case on May 25, and the trial isn’t expected to have a date until they have decided on the case. The high court signaled the trial would not happen until after the election.

During the hearing, Justice Samuel Alito questioned the implications of prosecuting a president for actions taken while in office, saying, “If an incumbent who loses a very close, hotly contested election knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy?”

Alito has also faced calls from Democrats to recuse himself from this case and others related to Trump and Jan. 6, 2021, after it came out that his wife flew a flag upside down after the riots, a symbol used by Trump supporters. He has rejected those calls.

Trump is facing two felony counts (including one conspiracy count) of obstructing an official proceeding, and one felony count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one felony count of conspiracy against rights in the case. This case appears to be the closest to moving forward.

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