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 There were multiple allegations of multiple crimes involving Trump properties back 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 stay silent about an alleged affair. In 2018 Michael Cohen pleaded guilty in federal court to campaign finance violations related to hush money payments.
https://www.wosu.org/2018-05-12/who-paid-michael-cohen
[https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax?bm-verify=AAQAAAAM____CgJbJhipzM5p2kI9kMJtWsY8mUdyTQn7zgDsqffUqCExccQwGn_VAUkgP3YV74ueocsrp5YZbSWe9MDBe5mgm4lx53ly2D0EmhTtOrNjyxtwSMGNO8GCMfDqiU-LBH8VqtZcENHTMJlU4vvL-mBv4FRwR73vgaoNJQhOO01FP2w8ehUY2FZ2OcnaqyEgQVyMV2NWddOLB-L15UCvNEOw6aTW2ZjsqtCroXbdvgPcjJ8KFkWcrf6R1h-BH00wHCl1XqhJpdwy3yzgSXaY8EMs54oS2cX71mIQgIv4Z4cXVEwbF_k1J8D5Pt_miakSBHdcXwLdCSnP_lTGNIstlnd_JYC2MGlT1wRa_FnKAOTyi7ajBHrQ0q0oa8yLDs7Dnnt9ZKB6wPh3VUvPYnyaXbhg](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax?bm-verify=AAQAAAAM____CgJbJhipzM5p2kI9kMJtWsY8mUdyTQn7zgDsqffUqCExccQwGn_VAUkgP3YV74ueocsrp5YZbSWe9MDBe5mgm4lx53ly2D0EmhTtOrNjyxtwSMGNO8GCMfDqiU-LBH8VqtZcENHTMJlU4vvL-mBv4FRwR73vgaoNJQhOO01FP2w8ehUY2FZ2OcnaqyEgQVyMV2NWddOLB-L15UCvNEOw6aTW2ZjsqtCroXbdvgPcjJ8KFkWcrf6R1h-BH00wHCl1XqhJpdwy3yzgSXaY8EMs54oS2cX71mIQgIv4Z4cXVEwbF_k1J8D5Pt_miakSBHdcXwLdCSnP_lTGNIstlnd_JYC2MGlT1wRa_FnKAOTyi7ajBHrQ0q0oa8yLDs7Dnnt9ZKB6wPh3VUvPYnyaXbhg)
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 House of Representatives Impeached Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of justice (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 priest both filed lawsuits against the Attorney General & others for rushing the 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 to disenfranchise Black voters in Michigan.
2020-12-22 Dominion employees sued Trump for defamation.
2021 January
2021-01-06 J6 RIOTS - I have a separate section specifically for the insurrection. Multiple lawsuits were filed for damages and bodily harm incurred from the J6 insurrection.
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2022/12/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf
2021-01-11 The House introduced resolution 24 to impeach Trump for insurrection, but it failed a majority vote February 2021
https://guides.loc.gov/federal-impeachment/donald-trump
2021-01-15 Attorney General Letitia James probed Trump’s company for inflating property values on annual 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. Articles referenced topics like securities fraud 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 the employee received threats of violence.
2022 January
2022-01-31 This date marks the beginning timeline for the classified documents incident at Mar-a-Lago.
2022 June
2022-06-06 The House Oversight Committee investigated Trump over foreign gifts totaling more than $250,000.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-gifts-missing-house-democrats-report/
2022 August
2022-08-08 The FBI seized more than 11,000 government documents at Mar-a-Lago. The case was dropped 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.
2023 August
2023-08-14 Trump was a co-defendant in the Georgia election interference case along with 18 others; the case is currently stalled.
https://www.wabe.org/fulton-election-case/
2024 February
2024-02-01 A NY State Supreme Court judge ruling found that Trump engaged in a scheme to manipulate his net worth and property values.
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 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 for 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 Just as predicted by Jack Smith himself, Trump posted threats about Smith via Truth Social. For context, Jack Smith was the prosecutor in the case against Trump for election tampering and concealing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. While the case had indisputable evidence to convict Trump, the case was suspiciously thrown out.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115939889414201547