To help identify which case is which, here is a summary which includes key participants:
Last year, Donald Trump became the first former president of the United States to be criminally indicted. Over the span of five months, he was indicted in four separate criminal cases and charged on a total of 91 felony counts.
As the scheduled start dates of the trials approach, and Trump’s team has sought delays, here are key details of the criminal cases pending against the former president.
The New York State “Hush-Money” Case
DATE INDICTED March 30, 2023
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE March 25, 2024
COURT New York State Supreme Court
CHARGES 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree
PERSON LEADING THE INVESTIGATION Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg
JUDGE OVERSEEING New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan
The Federal Classified Documents Case
DATE INDICTED June 8, 2023, and July 27, 2023, when special counsel Jack Smith’s team charged Trump with three more counts
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE May 20, 2024
COURT U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
CHARGES 32 counts of willful retention of national defense information, 1 count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, 3 counts of withholding or concealing a document, 2 counts of false statements, and 2 counts of altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing an object or record
PERSON LEADING THE INVESTIGATION Special counsel Jack Smith
JUDGE OVERSEEING U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon
The Federal Election Interference Case
DATE INDICTED August 1, 2023
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE March 4, 2024
COURT U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
CHARGES 2 counts related to obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the United States government, and 1 count of conspiracy to violate rights
PERSON LEADING THE INVESTIGATION Special counsel Jack Smith
JUDGE OVERSEEING U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan
The Georgia Election Interference Case
DATE INDICTED August 14, 2023
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE August 5, 2024
COURT Fulton County Superior Court
CHARGES 1 count related to violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 6 counts related to false statements and documents, 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, 4 counts related to soliciting or impersonating public officers
PERSON LEADING THE INVESTIGATION Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
JUDGE OVERSEEING Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee
