5 articles tagged “major trump court cases”.
On May 30, 2024, a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges concerned records connected to reimbursements for a payment made before the 2016 election.
New York’s attorney general brought a civil action concerning financial statements used by the Trump Organization and related defendants. The trial court found liability for persistent fraud and imposed substantial financial remedies in February 2024.
Writer E. Jean Carroll brought civil claims against Donald Trump concerning sexual abuse and defamation. In May 2023, a federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded damages. A separate jury awarded additional defamation damages in January 2024.
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Trump v. United States, addressing criminal immunity for a former president. The majority held that former presidents have absolute immunity for conduct within their exclusive constitutional authority, presumptive immunity for other official acts, and no immunity for unofficial acts.
In August 2023, federal prosecutors charged Donald Trump with offenses arising from efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment described alleged conspiracies involving the electoral count and the certification of results.