As former President Donald Trump enters the final stretch of his second reelection bid, he continues to face a daunting array of legal troubles. Yahoo News explains what you need to know about the status of the criminal trials involving the former president.
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While former president Donald Trump enters the final stretch of his second re-election bid.
His legal troubles haven’t exactly gone away.
It’s more like they’re on pause.
Here’s what you need to know in the New York State hush money case.
Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records and plans to appeal.
But first on November 12th, judge Juan Murin will decide whether to toss out the conviction based on a Supreme court ruling that grants President’s broad immunity for official.
If the conviction stands, sentencing will take place on November 26th with possible penalties like fines, community service or house arrest, jail time is technically possible but unlikely, especially if Trump is president elect at the time though, because it’s a state case, he wouldn’t be able to pardon himself after taking office.
As for the other cases, they’re in limbo.
And what happens next will depend even more on the outcome of the election in the Georgia election subversion case.
There’s no trial date yet.
The big pending issue is whether District Attorney Fannie Willis can stay on the case and that will be decided on December 18th.
So there’s really no way a trial could start until after inauguration day on January 20th, 2025.
And while Trump couldn’t get it thrown out entirely if re-elected, a second term would likely delay it even more.
Then there are the two federal cases led by Special Co Jack Smith.
The Mar A Lago documents case was dismissed because Smith’s appointment was ruled unconstitutional.
But he’s appealing that and in the federal election subversion case, the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling complicated things.
But Smith’s refiled charges removing references to official acts.
But if Trump wins a second term, he could have the doj just drop both of those cases as the story develops.
Yahoo News will have the latest.