Donald Trump delayed investigating and lawsuits against him for four years.
He cleared a lot of them before he announced his third presidential run.
He settled a lawsuit brought by protesters who said they were beaten up by his security guards while demonstrating against his racist statements against Mexicans.
He went on a settlement sprint in the fall and spring of 2020.
The hotel management company that bought Trump's hotel in Panama claimed the Trump Organization misrepresented its financial health. Just before Trump was scheduled to give a deposition, he settled a case with Summer Zervos, who had accused him of sexual assault and defamation. In May, Trump's company and inaugural committee agreed to pay a $750,000 fine after the DC Attorney General accused them of misspent money.
Judges can be thanked for handing him victories.
He had his best day in court on November 15, 2022. In a New York state court case, a judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by his niece Mary Trump, who claimed that he and two of his siblings tried to prevent her from getting her rightful share of the family business empire.
On the same day, a New York federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by Michael Cohen who alleged the Trump administration targeted him personally to remove him from house arrest and keep him behind bars in the middle of the coronaviruses epidemic.
There are some cases that are no longer hanging over him.
Tom Barrack was acquitted by a jury in Brooklyn after being accused of being a lobbyist for the U.A. Rudy Giuliani's former personal lawyer won't be charged after prosecutors investigated whether he was a lobbyist for foreign powers.
Steve Bannon was found guilty of contempt of Congress for disobeying a subpoena. The Supreme Court cleared the way for a separate House committee to get his tax returns, though it's not clear what will happen to them before Republicans take over the chamber in January.
Even though Trump rages, he can't get rid of some of his legal problems.
The Trump Organization is on trial in New York. Laura Italiano reported that the defense relied on convincing the jury that Trump was a generous boss and didn't keep an eye on his company's finances.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office has not ruled out the possibility of bringing charges against Trump himself as part of its investigation into his company's finances. The New York Attorney General is accusing Trump of inflating the company's income in order to cheat banks and insurers. The attorney general's office convinced a judge to put his company under a monitor, held him in contempt, and forced him and other executives to sit for depositions.
It's not clear when these cases will go to trial or if they will settle before then.
In a Monday court filing, Trump's lawyers asked the judge overseeing E. Jean Carroll's litigation against him, accusing him of sexual assault and defamation, to head to trial by May23
If the lawsuit isn't settled by the fall of 2023, it will go to trial. The October 2023 trial date was requested in a Monday court filing.
"Plaintiffs have no desire to interfere with the upcoming campaign, and are aware that Defendants likely will use the campaign as a basis to seek further delay," the lawyers said.
It will be difficult for Trump to get rid of his legal problems.
The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into his handling of government records. Jack Smith, an experienced war crimes and political corruption prosecutor, was appointed to oversee the investigation.
Trump won an early victory when he persuaded a federal judge in Florida to appoint a special master to look into the case. His lawyers have been embarrassed by the circuit court in appeals related to the case, which will make it difficult for his legal defense.
Smith is investigating attempts to keep Trump in power even though he lost the election. A number of lawsuits have been filed against Trump by members of Congress and Capitol Police officers who were injured during the January 6 riot. While the House of Representatives' January 6 panel is scheduled to wrap up before Republicans take it back in January, the legal cases are not over.
Despite the will of American voters, Trump is trying to stay in power. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been overseeing a thorough probe into his calls to state officials asking them to find votes in his favor and invalidate now- President Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election.
She is said to be considering bringing indictments as soon as December because she has been fighting court battles to force people in Trump's circle to give depositions.
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