Former president Donald Trump is facing four counts of indictment and will potentially face a series of trials during his 2024 presidential campaign.
His latest and most well-known indictment is in Georgia, connected to the 2020 election investigation.
Trump turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail last Thursday for his now internet-famous mugshot.
According to BBC, the charges posed against Trump — listed now as inmate no. P01135809 on Fulton County Jail records — were unsealed on Monday night.
“Trump and 18 others are named in a 41-count indictment for alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state,” BBC said. “The investigation was sparked in part by a leaked phone call in which the former president asked Georgia’s top election official to ‘find 11,780 votes.’”
Trump is facing 13 criminal counts in the charges. That includes “solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, conspiring to commit impersonating a public officer, conspiring to commit forgery, conspiring to commit false statements, and writing and conspiring to file false documents.” Additionally, he is facing an alleged violation of Georgia’s Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Trump was scheduled to appear in court in Georgia on Sept. 7 for his arraignment trial. However, he decided to enter his not-guilty plea in writing instead.
“Some of Trump’s 18 co-defendants, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani, followed his lead and entered their pleas of not guilty in writing,” The Washington Post said. “However, a number of others — including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows — are still scheduled for arraignments Wednesday.”
Depending on the results of the trial, Trump could face potential jail time. The racketeering charge carries a maximum 20-year jail sentence, making false statements could result in a fine or a one to five-year sentence, and first-degree criminal solicitation to commit election fraud is a one to three-year sentence.
“Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis would need to prove that there was a pattern of corruption from Mr. Trump and his allies aimed at overturning the election result in order to bring a conviction,” AP News said.
The other cases Trump is involved with include cases involving alleged misuse of classified documents. falsifying business records, and Jan. 6 actions.
Following an investigation of Mar-a-Lago, Trump “faces 40 federal charges in Florida over accusations that he kept top-secret government documents at his home and private club, and then thwarted government demands that he return them,” The Washington Post said.
In April, a “grand jury spent weeks investigating money paid during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to two women who alleged that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him,” AP News said.
This led to New York pressing 34 state charges against Trump, multiple of which include falsifying business records and at least one felony offense.
Trump is also facing four federal charges in D.C. for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in connection with the events of Jan. 6.
All of the cases are in the trial phase, and Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
