He still has three other cases pending.
Former president Donald Trump speaks to reporters at his Manhattan criminal court in New York. , convicted on all 34 counts by a Manhattan jury of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to a former porn star in election interference on Thursday, still faces three other sets of criminal indictments.by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with participating in a scheme to illegally try to overturn his narrow loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
McAfee ruled in March that District Attorney Fani Willis could stay on the case after her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade as long as Wade resigned, which he later did. McAfee later cleared the way for Trump to appeal his decision not to disqualify Willis or dismiss the case.by special counsel Jack Smith with conspiring to overturn the results of his election loss to President Joe Biden in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors say Trump and his allies also sought to exploit the pro-Trump mob’s attack on the Capitol by trying to convince members of Congress to further delay the certification of Biden’s victory. Trump is charged with four counts: obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and conspiracy to prevent others from carrying out their constitutional rights.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan had scheduled the trial to begin in Washington’s federal court on March 4, but she put the case on hold so Trump could pursue his claim of presidential immunity in higher courts.
All told, Trump faces 40 felony counts related to both the possession of the documents, including crimes under the Espionage Act, and the alleged obstruction.Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by Trump and has drawn scrutiny for her rulings and slow pace, postponed an original May 24 trial date and has not set a new one.
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