January 13
In New York, the Trump Organization is criminally ordered to pay a maximum fine of $1.6 million for financial fraud and accounting falsification for having granted financial or in-kind benefits to senior executives, while concealing them to avoid paying taxes.
April 4
Donald Trump’s appearance before Judge Juan Merchan in Manhattan Criminal Court where he must answer charges of having fraudulently purchased the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels who received $130,000 a few days before the presidential election of November 8, 2016. Thirty-four (34) charges are brought against the former tenant of the White House.
May 9
A jury of three women and six men concluded that the 45e President of the United States is guilty of sexual abuse and defamation against journalist E. Jean Carroll for events dating back to the 1990s. As a result, the latter is ordered to pay 5 million dollars to the victim. This case was being tried in civil court in Manhattan. The case is appealed on May 11.
May 22
E. Jean Carroll files a new complaint against Donald Trump because of the insults he uttered against him the day after his May 9 conviction. On CNN, the former president said that M’s accountme Carroll was “fake”, a “made-up story” and that the trial was “a rigged affair”.
May 23
Manhattan Court Judge Juan Merchan sets March 25, 2024 as the start of Donald Trump’s trial on charges filed April 4 of falsifying financial documents to conceal the payment made to Stormy Daniels.
June 8 and 9
Donald Trump becomes the first American president to face federal crimes. In Miami, a federal court announced the filing of an indictment, unveiled on June 9, relating to classified documents that the former Republican president held in his Mar-a-Lago estate. In total, 37 charges were revealed, including obstruction of justice and deliberate withholding of sensitive national security information.
June 13
Mr. Trump appears in Miami Federal Court to answer the indictment unsealed June 9. He pleads not guilty and declares that he is the victim of “political persecution worthy of a fascist or communist country”.
July 21
In Fort Pierce, Florida, District Judge Aileen Cannon sets May 20, 2024 for the start of Donald Trump’s trial over the possession of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence. In November, at the request of the ex-president’s lawyers, the judge agreed to postpone the dates concerning certain pre-trial motions. But she keeps the date of May 20, 2024 for the start of the hearings.
1er august
For a third time since the start of the year, former President Trump faces criminal charges. In Washington, special prosecutor Jack Smith presents four counts claiming that the 45e President attempted to overturn the results of the November 3, 2020 election, namely, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to threaten civil rights, obstruction of an official proceeding before Congress, and conspiracy to commit an official proceeding. The procedure in question was the vote of members of Congress on the certification of the election results when the Capitol riot took place on January 6, 2021.
August 3
Donald Trump appears in Federal Court to answer the four charges revealed on 1er august. He pleaded not guilty and said “this is a very sad day for America” as he left court.
August 7
A federal judge in New York rejects Donald Trump’s defamation request against journalist E. Jean Carroll who won a civil suit against him earlier in the year for a sexual assault case.
August 14
In Atlanta, capital of Georgia, Donald Trump and 18 other people are accused of attempting to manipulate the electoral results of November 3, 2020 in that state. For the former president alone, 41 charges are filed. Recall that on January 2, 2021, Mr. Trump called Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State of Georgia, asking him to find “only 11,780 votes”. Recorded, the conversation went around the world.
August 28
Judge Tanya Chutkan of Washington Federal Court sets March 4, 2024 as the start of Donald Trump’s trial on indictments filed on August 3. The former president’s lawyers were trying to have the trial postponed until 2026, while special prosecutor Jack Smith wanted it to begin on January 2, 2024.
September 6
A federal judge rules that comments made by Donald Trump denying sexual assault and made after the civil judgment in the case involving E. Jean Carroll (see May 9) are defamatory. The ruling means a second upcoming trial will focus solely on the additional amount he must pay her.
October 2
In New York, start of the civil trial of Donald Trump and two of his sons accused of having, over several years, overvalued the value of their real estate assets by between $812 million and $2.2 billion to extract benefits financial. Before the trial opened, Judge Arthur Engoron established that “repeated fraud” had been proven. So that the decision to be rendered is not on the guilt or not of the accused, but on the sentence to be imposed.
October 20
Donald Trump is fined $5,000 for an insulting publication deemed “degrading” against the clerk of the New York court where he has been on trial for civil tax fraud since October 2. Judge Arthur Engoron is unhappy to learn that the comments remained online for 17 days on the DonaldJTrump website. com. A new fine of $10,000 was imposed on Wednesday October 25 in the same case for offensive comments expressed by the former president outside of court.
October 24
Jenna Ellis, former pro-Trump lawyer and one of 19 people accused of trying to illegally overturn the election results in the state of Georgia, pleads guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting false statements and writings, in addition to accepting to cooperate with state prosecutors. She is the fourth of the co-defendants to turn around in this case.
Our sources: The New York Times, ABC News, PBS, Associated Press, France Media Agency, 20 minutes, Radio-Canada, The Montreal Journal, The Press.