Where Donald Trump's criminal and civil cases stand
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A New York grand jury is believed to be wrapping up deliberations on a case that could result in a first-ever indictment of a U.S. president.
Former president Donald Trump has said he expects to be arrested in the case, which involves a $130,000 US payment his former lawyer Michael Cohen made in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
Cohen and porn performer Stormy Daniels have said the payment was to buy her silence about an affair she had with Trump in 2006. Trump has denied the affair, and at first denied reimbursing Cohen until that stance became untenable when his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani divulged in a television interview Trump did make the payment.
Cohen served prison time in a federal case surrounding the affair, but in an interesting twist, Trump is facing possible indictment here at the state level.
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Trump could be the first U.S. president to be indicted. Richard Nixon was pardoned in 1974 shortly after resigning, by his successor Gerald Ford, while in 2000 departing president Bill Clinton struck a deal with prosecutors involving a fine and an admission he gave false testimony under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky in order to avoid a very possible indictment.
Were Trump to be indicted, a trial would not be likely anytime soon, assuming attempts by his legal team to have the charges tossed will be unsuccessful. As an example, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was charged with defrauding donors in a New York state case last September. Bannon's trial is not scheduled to begin until November.
So it's certain there will be developments in other criminal and civil probes involving Trump in the meantime, which could complicate his bid to secure the Republican nomination for president a third consecutive time.
Here's a refresher on the status of the major cases:
Special counsel Jack Smith, appointed by the Justice Department in late 2022, is overseeing at least two probes involving Trump.
The efforts by Trump and his allies to allege unsubstantiated electoral fraud and overturn the 2020 election results, events that influenced the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, represent an investigation that predates Smith's appointment.
Vice-president Mike Pence, who enraged Trump by not unilaterally declaring him the winner of the 2020 election in a congressional proceeding, has confirmed he has been summoned in the case and is challenging some aspects of his subpoena. Pence said he's prepared to take that challenge all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary, but that he will ultimately abide by the court's decision.
The Justice Department through Smith's oversight is also investigating whether Trump or anyone in his orbit obstructed efforts by federal agencies to recover classified documents, which included top-secret material, from his Florida estate.
A judge ruled that prosecutors can bring back Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran for more questioning before a grand jury in that case, the Associated Press reported last week.
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