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Do not fill this in! ==== Federal and state criminal cases ==== {{Main|Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York|Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)|Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)|Georgia election racketeering prosecution}} On March 30, 2023, a New York grand jury indicted Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scannell|first1=Kara|last2=Miller|first2=John|last3=Herb|first3=Jeremy|last4=Cole|first4=Devan|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment/index.html|title=Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury on 34 counts related to fraud|work=[[CNN]]|date=March 31, 2023|access-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Marimow|first=Ann E.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/04/trump-charges-34-counts-felony/|title=Here are the 34 charges against Trump and what they mean|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 4, 2023|access-date=April 5, 2023}}</ref> On April 4, he surrendered and was arrested and arraigned; he pleaded not guilty and was released.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sangal|first1=Aditi|last2=Vales|first2=Leinz|last3=Vogt|first3=Adrienne|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/donald-trump-court-charges-04-05-23/index.html|title=The latest on Trump's historic indictment and felony charges|work=[[CNN]]|date=April 5, 2023|access-date=April 5, 2023}}</ref> The trial was scheduled to begin on March 25, 2024,<ref name="slate">{{cite news|last1=Stein|first1=Perry|last2=Dormido|first2=Hannah|last3=Wagner|first3=John|last4=Jacobs|first4=Shayna |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/21/trump-documents-trial-date-2024-election/|title=All the times Trump's trials conflict with the 2024 election campaign|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 28, 2023|access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref> before being delayed to April 15.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/25/trump-criminal-trial-date-set-new-york-00148834 |first=Erica |last=Orden |website=[[Politico]] |date=March 25, 2024 |title=Trump's first criminal trial is now set for April 15 |access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref> On June 8, the Justice Department indicted Trump in Miami federal court for 31 counts of "willfully retaining national defense information under the Espionage Act", one count of making false statements, and, jointly with a personal aide, single counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding government documents, corruptly concealing records, concealing a document in a federal investigation and scheming to conceal their efforts.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barrett|first1=Devlin|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|author-link2=Josh Dawsey|last3=Stein|first3=Perry|last4=Alemany|first4=Jacqueline|author-link4=Jacqueline Alemany|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/09/trump-tape-classified-documents/|title=Trump Put National Secrets at Risk, Prosecutors Say in Historic Indictment|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 9, 2023|access-date=June 10, 2023}}</ref> Trump pleaded not guilty.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greve|first1=Joan E.|last2=Lowell|first2=Hugo|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/13/trump-arraignment-not-guilty-charges-mar-a-lago-documents-court|title=Trump pleads not guilty to 37 federal criminal counts in Mar-a-Lago case|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref> In July a superseding indictment added three charges.<ref>{{cite web|title=5 revelations from new Trump charges|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4124168-revelations-from-new-trump-charges/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=July 28, 2023 }}</ref> The trial is scheduled to begin on May 20, 2024.<ref name="slate"/> On August 1, a Washington, D.C., federal grand jury indicted Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. He was charged with conspiring to [[Conspiracy against the United States|defraud the U.S.]], obstruct the certification of the Electoral College vote, and [[conspiracy against rights|deprive people of the civil right]] to have their votes counted, and obstructing an official proceeding.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barrett|first1=Devlin|last2=Hsu|first2=Spencer S.|last3=Stein|first3=Perry|last4=Dawsey|first4=Josh|last5=Alemany|first5=Jacqueline|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/trump-indictment-jan-6-2020-election/|title=Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 2, 2023|access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> Trump pleaded not guilty.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sneed|first1=Tierney|last2=Rabinowitz|first2=Hannah|last3=Polantz|first3=Katelyn|last4=Lybrand|first4=Holmes|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/politics/arraignment-trump-election-interference-indictment/index.html|title=Donald Trump pleads not guilty to January 6-related charges|work=[[CNN]]|date=August 3, 2023|access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> On August 14, a [[Fulton County, Georgia]], grand jury indicted Trump on 13 charges for β among other felonies β racketeering after Trump campaign officials accessed voting machines with election officials.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lowell|first1=Hugo|last2=Wicker|first2=Jewel|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/donald-trump-georgia-indictment-2020-election|title=Donald Trump and allies indicted in Georgia over bid to reverse 2020 election loss|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=August 15, 2023|access-date=December 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Drenon|first=Brandon|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66503668|title=What are the charges in Trump's Georgia indictment?|work=[[BBC News]]|date=August 25, 2023|access-date=December 22, 2023}}</ref> On August 24, Trump surrendered, was placed under arrest and processed at Fulton County Jail and released on bail. He used [[Mug shot of Donald Trump|the mug shot]] for a fundraising pitch.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pereira|first1=Ivan|last2=Barr|first2=Luke/|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-mug-shot-released-georgia-sheriffs-office/story?id=102544727|title=Trump mug shot released by Fulton County Sheriff's Office|work=[[ABC News]]|date=August 25, 2023|access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> On August 31, he pleaded not guilty.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rabinowitz|first=Hannah|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/31/politics/trump-not-guilty-plea-fulton-county/index.html|title=Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case|work=[[CNN]]|date=August 31, 2023|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> On March 13, 2024, the judge dismissed three of the 13 charges without dismissing the "overt acts tied to charges".<ref>{{cite news|last=Bailey|first=Holly|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-election-case-charges-dropped/|title=Georgia judge dismisses six charges in Trump election interference case|date=March 13, 2024|access-date=March 14, 2024|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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