For years nobody seemed to be able to harm the ex-president. At the latest, however, with the raid on his residence, the events are overturning. In view of the wide variety of procedures and examinations, he will certainly not get bored.
Former US President Trump at a campaign event in Arizona.
After a life full of entrepreneurial and political border crossings, is the polarizing ex-president in the land of unlimited opportunities now caught in the clutches of the judiciary because of a kind of trifle? She catches him like Al Capone did the gangster of all gangsters – and at a time when Trump is capricious about getting back into the race for the next term of office?
It doesn’t seem to be entirely out of the question. For years, nobody seemed to be able to harm Trump, but in the past few days that has Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)the United States Central Security Agency, raided his luxurious Florida mansion. Attorney General Merrick Garland said he personally authorized the search for classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home on Monday. In addition, a court has ruled that Trump has his tax documents after lengthy delaying tactics to submit to the House of Representatives. And practically all of this when he was in New York City undergoing a face-to-face interview by the Democratic Party Attorney General Letitia James had to prepare and face it.
Questionable handling of critical documents
During the raid on Trump’s residence Mar-a-Lago It was not about allegations of corruption or the investigations in connection with the storming of the Capitol, but about the ex-president’s questionable handling of files and documents. The investigation is particularly significant because it shows how federal prosecutors, the US Department of Justice and the FBI have kept their eyes on the former president despite the controversy it has sparked. He is said to have illegally taken documents, including secret documents, when he left office.
In New York City, on the other hand, the subpoena for a personal hearing is just one of several public and private lawsuits against Donald Trump, his companies and his entourage. The following is an attempt at an overview of the status of the affairs.
Not just a civil suit in New York. . .
For example, Attorney General Letitia James in New York launched a civil investigation into Trump and his family businesses a while ago, the outcome of which could eventually lead to indictments or significant fines. Their efforts culminated last Wednesday in the fact that the ex-president should have personally testified under oath to the Attorney General’s Office about the controversial business practices in his corporate empire. But the man refused to testify for several hours “within the rights and privileges accorded to every citizen by the Constitution of the United States”.
He, of all people, was invoking the right to remain silent, having in the past regularly slandered those who did in his remarkably arrogant manner. “Those who tell the truth don’t need anything like that,” he argued repeatedly. While Trump may have played it safe with his own silence, this behavior could strengthen the Attorney General’s position in the coming weeks. However, in some civil trials, jurors are advised to consider whether the defendant is guilty when considering the facts to the Fifth Amendment has called and whether the suspicion arises that he is hiding something. All according to a legal concept known as a “negative or adverse inference”.
. . . but also further criminal investigations
It’s not just that the civil case in New York against Trump and his ventures is coming to a head, the Manhattan District Attorney is also still active. The man named Alvin Bragg recently said it would continue criminal investigations into the ex-president’s business practices, despite the resignation of two senior prosecutors in February. According to well-informed sources, they felt compelled to do so because they had expressed doubts about criminal prosecution of the Bragg type.
The obstinate argument about the outcome of the last presidential election also casts legal shadows. With Fanie Willis The Atlanta District Attorney is leading a full-scale criminal investigation into the efforts of Trump and his political entourage to overturn the 2020 Georgia election defeat. The investigation appears to target several defendants charged with conspiracy to vote fraud or extortion for their involvement in a coordinated plot to undermine the election.
Was Donald Trump a conspirator?
And of course there is the House of Representatives committee in Washington investigating the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol. During eight public hearings, he has presented a comprehensive account of Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Further hearings and the submission of additional evidence are to take place in the autumn. While the panel cannot bring charges, it could, in a largely symbolic move, submit a criminal complaint to the Justice Department. Despite considerable legal hurdles, it cannot be completely ruled out that there could be further investigations against Donald Trump: for obstructing an official process in Congress, fraud against the United States and seditious conspiracy – not to mention the criminal offense of witness tampering.
The Justice Department itself is also continuing to investigate whether and how Trump attempted to remain in office despite his 2020 election loss. The experts were particularly interested in the plan pursued by Trump and his allies to use “fake electors” to confirm President Joe Biden’s election victory by the electoral college to delay or block. Overall, Trump may have grown and coped with many difficulties throughout his career. But at the moment these are gaining in intensity.