Former US President Donald Trump said on Monday that FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. .
The investigation was not immediately clear, and law enforcement officials did not comment Tuesday morning. Let's take a look at some of the investigations and lawsuits facing Trump.
Missing Documents
The US National Archives and Records Administration told Congress in his February thatthe White House documents from President Trump's home in Florida I was notified that I had collected about 15 boxes. It contained confidential material.
The Democratic-led Oversight Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives said at the time that it was expanding its investigation into Mr. Trump's actions and called for additional information to be submitted to the Archives. It acknowledged that it had agreed to return the records to the archives, calling it a "normal, routine process."
Capitol Riot
January 6, 2021 A congressional panel investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol by a Trump supporter is working to build a case that he broke the law in an attempt to overturn the president's decision. Losing the 2020 election.
Deputy Commissioner Liz Cheney said the Commission could make multiple referrals to the Justice Department seeking criminal charges against Trump, who accuses the Commission of conducting a bogus investigation. said there is.
WATCH l Negligence of duty is not a criminal charge, but may be followed by other charges: US jurisprudence Professor Lawrence Douglas said: Even with strong evidence, the risk of criminal prosecution against former President Donald Trump is very high.
In a March 2 court filing, the Commission asked the Vice-President to reject the electoral rolls of winning Democrat Joe Biden. It detailed Trump's efforts to persuade President Mike Pence. Delay elections or the legislative tally of those votes.
California federal judge David Carter said Trump's efforts were likely in violation of federal law and would "unfairly" interfere with or attempt to interfere with official proceedings.
In a March 2 filing, the Commission found that Trump and others could collude to defraud the United States. Said expensive. The law makes it a crime for two or more people to attempt to interfere in the functioning of government "by deceit, trickery, and trickery."
In addition to Trump's efforts to pressure Pence, the Commission will try to convince state election officials, the public and members of Congress that the 2020 election was stolen. He cited Trump's attempt to scam.
Democrats said at a June committee hearing on January 6 that Trump, a Republican, had raised about $250 million from his supporters to win the election. It said it had advanced fraudulent allegations in court that it had stolen money, but diverted much of the money elsewhere.
This increases his chances of being charged with wire fraud, which prohibits him from obtaining money "by pretending to be false or fraudulent," legal experts said.
The Commission cannot indict Trump for federal crimes. That decision must be made by the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Merrick Garland. It is known that a search warrant was obtainedin connection with John Eastman, a conservative attorney the Commission has heard, who has been accused of prosecuting Trump on behalf of Biden.
The Department of Justice has a decades-old policy that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, but it does not have the right to prosecute former presidents and presidential candidates. there is no such protection.
Lawrence Douglas, a law professor at his College of Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, recently told CBC News that the commission had found "fairly strong evidence of a conspiracy and corrupt sabotage to defraud the United States." ', he said. of official procedure. ''
Legal experts who spoke with Reuters and Douglas predicted in theirbook,that Trump would not silently concede his election loss. but said his stakes are very high.
Nevertheless, prosecuting a candidate could have political repercussions and provoke the outrage shown on 6 January 2021. Prosecution is unsuccessful.
Georgia Pressure Campaign
Extra Large to Review Evidence in Georgia Prosecutor's Investigation of Trump's Attempt to Influence 2020 State Election Results A jury selected him May.
This investigation focuses in part on a phone call Trump made to his Secretary of State of Georgia Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, on January 2, 2021. It had to reverse Trump's election loss, according to released audio recordings.
Mr. Trump may have violated at least three of his criminal laws on Georgia elections, according to legal experts. Election fraud conspiracy, criminal solicitation of election fraud, and intentional obstruction of election affairs.
New York state investigation
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg found that Trump's family-owned real estate firm received favorable bank loans and reduced the value of real estate to reduce taxes. We are investigating whether it was misrepresented. Two of his top lawyers who were leading the investigation resigned in February, calling the future of the investigation into question.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James is conducting a civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization inflated real estate values.
Trump was in New York on Monday and not at his Florida mansion, but that is unclear...if his deposition was pending or taking place.