Legal Trouble - Trump
1973 Multiple (a list)
1973-01-01 Wikipedia overview explains DJT has been involved in over 4000 legal cases.
https://cohen.house.gov/TrumpAdminTracker
https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictments_against_Donald_Trump
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_and_business_legal_affairs_of_Donald_Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/trump-lawsuits/
2016
2016-01-01 Multiple allegations of criminal activity involving Trump properties emerged in 2016.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-dc-hotel-investigation-labor-department-224678
2016-10-01 Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to remain silent about an alleged affair with Trump. In 2018, Cohen plead guilty to campaign finance violations related to the payment.
https://www.wosu.org/2018-05-12/who-paid-michael-cohen
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-michael-cohen-broke-campaign-finance-law
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/politics/michael-cohen-plea-deal-talks
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-sentenced-3-years-prison
https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/trump-lawsuits/
2019
2019-11-04 Approximate starting date of lawsuits between E. Jean Carroll and Trump for sexual assault and defamation.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/03/trump-e-jean-carroll-verdict-scotus
2019-12-18 The House of Representatives impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Trump was acquitted.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-4-9/ALDE_00000035/
2020
2020-01-22 The Attorney General alleged that Trump misused inaugural funds.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-inauguration-lawsuit-hotel-washington-dc-settled/
2020-06-01 Workers filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump campaign over a non-disclosure agreement.
https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Combined-NDAs-PDF.pdf
2020-07-02 The ACLU and a Catholic priest filed separate lawsuits challenging the federal government’s expedited execution of Wesley Purkey.
2020-07-24 The ACLU sued Trump over a new census order.
2020-12-21 The NAACP sued Trump over allegations that the administration is deliberately trying to disenfranchise Black voters in Michigan.
2020-12-22 Dominion employees sued Trump for defamation.
2021 January
2021-01-06 January 6 riots. Multiple lawsuits were filed seeking damages for injuries and losses related to the insurrection. (Covered separately.)
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2022/12/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf
2021-01-11 The House introduced Resolution 24 to impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection; it failed to secure a majority vote in February 2021.
https://guides.loc.gov/federal-impeachment/donald-trump
2021-01-15 New York Attorney General Letitia James investigated Trump’s company for allegedly inflating property values on financial statements.
2021 February
2021-02-20 Fulton County DA investigated election interference involving Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and others.
https://www.wabe.org/fulton-election-case/
2021 October
2021-10-21 Westchester County investigated Trump for inflating property values on one statement and lowering those values on other statements to avoid taxes.
2021-10-31 Financial regulators investigated Trump’s SPAC amid allegations involving securities violations and insider trading.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/trump-spac-investigated-by-federal-regulators-including-sec.html
2021 November
2021-11-05 A Delaware County voting machine warehouse supervisor sued Trump for defamation after receiving threats following election-related claims.
2022 January
2022-01-31 Approximate start date of the Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation timeline.
2022 June
2022-06-06 The House Oversight Committee investigated Trump’s receipt of more than $250,000 in foreign gifts.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-gifts-missing-house-democrats-report/
2022 August
2022-08-08 The FBI seized over 11,000 government documents from Mar-a-Lago. The federal case was later dismissed on February 10, 2025 after Republicans took control of the House.
2022 December
2022-12-06 Trump’s company was found guilty of criminal tax fraud.
2023 March
2023-03-30 A Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump on state charges of falsifying business records.
https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-trial-conviction-of-donald-j-trump
2023 August
2023-08-14 Trump and 18 co-defendants were charged in Georgia’s election interference case; proceedings remain stalled.
https://www.wabe.org/fulton-election-case/
2024 February
2024-02-01 A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that Trump engaged in a scheme to manipulate his net worth and property valuations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-fraud-ruling-property-valuation-michael-cohen
2024 April
2024-04-16 A judge admonished Trump for juror intimidation in the hush money trial.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/trump-new-york-hush-money-criminal-trial
2024-04-30 Trump violated a gag order.
2024 May
2024-05-06 Trump violated a gag order again. According to AI, Trump violated ten separate gag orders.
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/06/trump-second-gag-order-fine/
2024-05-30 Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records but received an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025.
https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-trial-conviction-of-donald-j-trump/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-trump-avoided-punishment-for-his-felony-convictions
2024 October
2024-10-02 Special Counsel Jack Smith released 165 pages outlining Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 elections, involvement with the January 6 insurrection, and proof that Trump knew he had lost the 2020 elections.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25182600-smithfiling/
2025 July
2025-07-02 Senator Warren called for an investigation into the $16M Paramount settlement with Trump, calling the settlement “meritless”.
2025-07-24 Senators requested an investigation into corruption and bribery related to the Paramount megamerger.
2025 November
2025-11-27 A federal judge ruled that Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
2026 January
2026-01-22 Trump criticized Special Counsel Jack Smith on Truth Social. Smith had prosecuted Trump in cases involving election interference and classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115939889414201547
2026 May
2026-05-27 The White House targeted E. Jean Carroll who Trump was found liable in courts for sexually abusing in 1996.