Donald Trump awaits sentencing in New York on July 11 on 34 crimes, but he has other potentially more dangerous legal troubles ahead, including up to three other criminal trials that will see him face more serious charges.
In addition to the New York trial, Trump also faces criminal charges in Georgia, Florida and Washington DC. Whether any of the remaining criminal cases will go to trial before Election Day is an open question, but at this point it seems unlikely.
The former president also has a number of appeals pending, including two that could cost him more than half a billion dollars if he loses, and another case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court that could end at least one of the criminal cases against him could hinder if he wins.
Here’s a look at some of Trump’s remaining lawsuits and their status.
Classified documents case
While the maximum sentence Trump could face in the New York case is four years per charge — a sentence he is unlikely to receive — some charges in the federal secret documents case in Florida carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 year.
Last year, he was hit with a 37-count federal indictment alleging that he illegally kept and mishandled stacks of highly sensitive national security information at his Florida social club, and was then hit with additional charges alleging that he had tried to cover up his misconduct. . Trump insists he did nothing improper and has pleaded not guilty.
The case was at some point scheduled to go to trial on May 20, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump nominee, postponed the trial date indefinitely earlier this month, citing “numerous” legal issues she still has to figure out.
Case of federal election interference
Special counsel Jack Smith accused Trump of conspiring to defraud the US by illegally undermining the results of the 2020 presidential election and the peaceful transition of power, the first time a former US president has been charged with a crime. The Washington, D.C., case against Trump, originally scheduled to go before Manhattan District Court Judge Alvin Bragg, has also been put on hold indefinitely.
That’s because the Supreme Court accepted Trump’s appeal, arguing that his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol were protected by presidential immunity, delaying the case. The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case in April and has not yet made a decision.
If the conservative-leaning court, including three Trump-appointed judges, rules entirely in the former president’s favor, the case could be dismissed. If the court sends the case back to Washington-based U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan for further proceedings on whether some of his actions are barred from prosecution, that would almost certainly delay any trial until well after the election while these issues continue to be resolved litigated.
If the Supreme Court rules fully against Trump by the end of June, it would still theoretically be possible for a trial to take place before the election, but that would be difficult, legal experts told NBC News.
The charges in this case carry maximum sentences ranging from five to 20 years in prison. Trump has pleaded not guilty.
Case of election interference in Georgia
Trump faces 10 criminal charges in Georgia, where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has charged him as part of a vast racketeering conspiracy aimed at illegally overturning the results of the 2020 election in the state. The racketeering charge carries a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years and Trump has pleaded not guilty.
The case, filed in August 2023, is the only one of the pending criminal cases in which a trial date has never been set. Prosecutors had asked Judge Scott McAfee to set a trial date for August 2024, which Trump attorney Steve Sadow said would be “the most effective election interference in the history of the United States” because Trump would likely still be on trial on Election Day would stand.
McAfee has not yet set a trial date, and may not do so until after a state appeals court decides an appeal over whether Willis and her firm should be disqualified from the case.
Civil judgments on appeal
Trump has three appeals pending against judgments that currently total more than $560 million — a huge sum of money that has the potential to wreak financial havoc on him and his company if he loses.
The largest of these judgments is the award of more than $350 million that was handed down earlier this year against Trump and the Trump Organization in the fraud case of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Judge Arthur Engoron’s pay quickly rose to $464 million in February due to bias interest, and has since grown by more than $100,000 a day in interest. That amount will continue to grow until the appeal is decided.
Trump is also appealing two verdicts in cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The first was a $5 million verdict last year after a jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming the writer, and the other was an $83 million defamation verdict earlier this year. He had to post a $91 million bond to secure the verdict during the appeal.
He also faces lawsuits from a dozen police officers who were injured during the Jan. 6 riot. A federal judge in Washington DC last month denied his attempt to further delay these cases.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com
