The 54 charges Trump faces after his New York conviction

Lauren Irwin
·4-min read

Thirty-four criminal charges settled, 54 to go.

Former President Trump ended his time in a New York courtroom this week with a conviction, found guilty on all counts in his hush-money trial. But state charges in Georgia and federal ones Florida and Washington, D.C., await.

Trump made history as the first former U.S. president to become a convicted felon after the jury found him guilty on Thursday afternoon of falsifying business records to conceal his alleged affair with adult film actor Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Judge Juan Merchan set a sentencing hearing for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention where Trump is set to formally accept the GOP’s presidential nomination.

Trump faces an additional 54 criminal charges, though it is unclear if any will reach a jury before November’s election.

10 charges in Georgia 2020 election interference case

Trump, along with 18 other defendants, was charged with entering an unlawful conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. Each defendant was charged under the state’s racketeering law.

The former president was originally charged with 13 state felony counts by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), but three of them have been tossed out by Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Willis, who saw her case partially derailed after one of Trump’s co-defendants tried to have her removed over a romantic relationship with a special prosecutor assigned to the case, is appealing the dismissal of some counts.

Trump has appealed McAfee’s decision to allow Willis to continue with the case provided her former lover, Nathan Wade, stepped aside, which he did.

In April, McAfee rejected Trump’s attempt to toss the charges under the First Amendment.

The judge has not set a trial date yet in the case.

4 charges in federal election interference case

Trump faces four federal felony counts that allege he pressured state legislators, developed false electors, leveraged the Department of Justice, pressured then-Vice President Mike Pence and exploited the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot in an attempt to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election.

The Supreme Court is currently weighing whether Trump should be immune from prosecution under his contention he was conducting presidential acts. The court’s decision is expected to be delivered by the end of June.

The high court appeal has essentially left the court in limbo with no trial date scheduled, though officials had previously indicted a desire to move on the case quickly.

If the justices allow special counsel Jack Smith to continue his prosecution, Trump could be on trial during the heat of the general election campaign.

40 charges in federal classified documents case

Trump is facing 40 federal charges in Florida that he mishandled White House records and tried to obstruct the government from retrieving them after he left office.

The files allegedly contained classified national defense and weapons information, including some top-secret documents.

The FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in August 2022. He has pleaded not guilty on the charges.

In early May, Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed the trial, delaying some court dates into late July and declining to set a trial date.

She issued the postponement order less than two weeks before the trial was set to begin May 20, citing the need to resolve numerous issues.

Last week, Trump falsely claimed President Biden and the FBI were ready to “take me out” in the FBI search of his South Florida estate. The agency said it’s standard protocol for search policies to include a statement allowing deadly force “only when necessary.”

Smith has called on Cannon, a Trump-appointed judge, to impose a gag order in the case so Trump can’t speak about it in a way that could endanger law enforcement officials, a call she rejected Tuesday.

What happens next

It’s not yet known how Thursday’s verdict will affect the proceedings in Trump’s other legal battles.

Trump’s attorney Will Scharf said his legal team is “considering all options” to appeal the hush money conviction.

Scharf said the team is going to trust that the New York appellate courts “understand the potential ramifications” the verdict has on the legal system. When asked if the appeal would be brought to the U.S. Supreme Court, Scharf said “all options are on the table.”

The former president may face prison time, though first-time offenders on similar charges rarely are incarcerated.

Shortly after the jury’s decision was announced, Trump said the “real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people,” referring to Election Day.

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