designer: Abby Kulian
Donald Trump has recently faced four indictments this year. Two federal and two state indictments.
Donald Trump was the United States’ 45th president from 2016 to 2020. Trump is also a renowned businessman and overall a national and international celebrity.
Trump has had a long legal history, spanning long before his political career started. Donald Trump has faced personal charges for things like sexual assault and harassment and business related cases on litigation and tax evasion.
“Indictment No. 1 is related to the state of New York who charged him with violating their tax code and not reporting all their income,” AP Government Teacher John Carmichael said.
Donald Trump’s second indictment of 2023 is his federal case where he allegedly mishandled important presidential documents. Trump reportedly unrightfully withheld these documents from the White House.
“The second one is the case that comes out of the documents case where he’s been charged with possessing classified or secret documents and taking them down to his house in Florida. And he violated components of the presidential records act by holding onto this classified information he broke the law. This is a very clear-cut case where he broke the law. It will be very hard to defend against that,” Carmichael said.
Donald Trump’s third indictment in Washington DC is for allegedly conspiring to disenfranchise United States voters and also for attempting to defraud the government and for obstructing an official proceeding.
“The third case is relating to the Jan. 6 insurrection and in that case he’s being charged by the federal government as well as the documents case. This is about his involvement with the federal uprising,” Carmichael said.
Trump’s fourth indictment is over allegedly attempting to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win.
“The last case is by the state of Georgia and that’s a racketeering case where they are charging 18 other people for trying to change the outcome of the 2020 election,” Carmichael said.
Many senior students nearing their first voter-eligible presidential election year in 2024 have become very informed on the current political field.
