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Former US President Donald Trump said Monday that FBI agents raided Mar-a-Lago's mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. Law enforcement officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Trump's allegations.
The focus of the investigation was not immediately apparent. Let's take a look at some of the investigations and lawsuits facing Trump.
Missing National Records
In February, the US National Archives and Records Administration recovered approximately 15 boxes of White House documents from President Trump's Florida home to Congress. I notified you. It contained classified material.
The then-U.S. House Oversight Committee said it was expanding its investigation into Trump's actions and called for additional information to be submitted to the archives. It acknowledged that it agreed to return certain records to the archives, calling it a "normal, routine process."
January. 6 Attack on the US Capitol
A congressional panel investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters said he had overturned his 2020 election defeat. We are working to build a case of breaking the law by doing so.
Deputy Commissioner Liz Cheney has said she may make multiple referrals to the Justice Department seeking criminal charges against Trump, who accuses the Commission of conducting a bogus investigation. Stated.
In a March 2 court filing, the Commission persuaded then-Vice President Mike Pence to replace elected Democrat Joe Congressional counts of those votes detailing Trump's efforts to either reject or postpone Biden's electoral rolls.
Mr Trump's attempt violates federal law and it is illegal to "unfairly" obstruct or attempt to interfere with public proceedings, the California overseer said. State federal judge David Carter said.
In a March 2 filing, the Commission said Trump and others likely colluded to defraud the United States. The law makes it a crime for two or more persons to attempt to interfere in the functioning of government "through 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 his attempt to scam.
The Commission cannot indict Trump for federal crimes. That decision must be made by the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
If the Justice Department files charges, prosecutors' main challenge will be to prove that Trump acted with corrupt intent, experts said.
Trump genuinely believes he won the election, and his well-documented efforts to pressure Pence and state election officials to obstruct Congress and deceive the United States. elective honesty, not intended to be.
Trump could also be charged with "sedition conspiracy," a rarely used law that makes it illegal to overthrow the US government by force. To prove this, prosecutors would have to show that President Trump conspired with others to use force, said Barbara McQuaid, a University of Michigan law professor and former federal prosecutor. Stated.
Several persons who participated in the 6 January attack on the Capitol have been charged with conspiracy to sedition.
Wire Fraud
Democrats said at a June committee hearing on Jan. 6 that Republican Trump had raised about $250 million from his supporters. said he had advanced fraudulent claims in court that he had won the election. But put 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.
Georgia Election Falsification Investigation
Extra Large to Review Evidence in Georgia Prosecutor's Investigation into Trump's Attempts 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, who is a Republican, on January 2, 2021.
Trump asked Raffensperger that he would "find the votes needed to overturn Trump's election loss," according to an audio transcript obtained by The Washington Post. "for.
Mr. Trump may have violated at least three of his criminal election laws in Georgia, according to legal experts. Conspiracy to commit election fraud, criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, and intentional interference with electoral affairs.
Trump could argue that he was involved in free speech and did not intend to influence the election.
Criminal investigation in New York
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is investigating whether Trump's family-owned real estate firm misrepresented the value of properties in order to get favorable bank loans and lower taxes.
His two top lawyers who were leading the investigation resigned in February, calling into question the future of the investigation, but Bragg's office He said an investigation was ongoing.
Mr Trump has denied wrongdoing and said the investigation was politically motivated. Bragg is a Democrat.
Does running for president mean that Trump will not be prosecuted?
No. The Justice Department has a decades-old policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted, but presidential candidates have no such protection. That said, prosecuting a candidate could have political implications, said Brian Cult, a law professor at Michigan State University.
"I know of no constitutional reason why a presidential candidate should have immunity."
New York Attorney General's civil investigation
} New York State Attorney General Letitia James is conducting a civil investigation into whether the Trump organization inflated property values. Trump and his two adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, have agreed to testify in an investigation that begins July 15. James is a Democrat.
E. Gene Carroll defamation case
Her E. Gene Carroll, a former Elle magazine writer, filed her allegations that Trump raped her in the 1990s. In 2019, he sued Trump for defamation after the then-president denied it. At a department store in New York City. He accused her of lying to her to sell her book.
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan is poised to rule on whether Carroll's case should be dismissed. increase.
Mr Trump's attorneys argued that Mr Trump was protected by a federal law that exempts public officials from allegations of defamation. (Reporting by Luc Cohen, Editing by Noeleen Walder and Howard Goller)