What could third indictment mean for former President Donald Trump? There are criminal and civil investigations ongoing into Donald Trump and his business activities. Sky's US correspondent jamesmatthewsky has more 👇
An additional charge also accuses the former leader of showing off documents to visitors at his golf club in New Jersey during an interview for his memoir with his former chief of staff Mark Meadows in July 2021.trial has been setTrump has insisted he was entitled to keep the classified documents when he left the White House and has claimed without evidence that he had declassified them.
However, Trump and his team have long seen the special counsel investigation as posing the biggest threat - both politically and legally.Image:Trump made history when he became the first former US president to face criminal charges in April. Once he was elected, Trump reimbursed Mr Cohen by paying him more than double the original amount. He continued to deny the affair, however.
It is not yet known the exact charges the 76-year-old is facing, but these will be revealed when he appears in court and will likely involve accounting fraud. The lawsuit could, however, ban Trump and his children from owning real estate in New York for five years - or being business directors or officers there.Trump disputed the results in several states after he lost the 2020 presidential election, including in Georgia where the close margin triggered a run-off.between Trump and the Republican secretary of state Brad Raffensperger was leaked to the media.