Trump Indictment.

 

As of June 9, 2023, Donald Trump has not been indicted on any charges. However, he is currently under investigation by the New York State Attorney General's Office for possible financial crimes. In December 2022, two of Trump's subsidiary companies, the Trump Organization and the Trump Foundation, were found guilty of 17 charges, including tax fraud and bank fraud. Trump himself was not charged in that case.

The New York State Attorney General's Office is investigating whether Trump and his family engaged in a pattern of financial fraud, including inflating the value of their assets in order to obtain loans and tax breaks. The investigation is ongoing, and it is possible that Trump could be indicted at some point in the future.

In addition to the New York State investigation, Trump is also under investigation by the Fulton County District Attorney's Office in Georgia for possible election interference. The investigation is focused on Trump's efforts to pressure Georgia officials to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing in both the New York State and Georgia investigations. He has called the investigations "witch hunts" and has vowed to fight them.

It is important to note that an indictment is not a conviction. If Trump is indicted, he will have the opportunity to defend himself in court.

What are the charges?

  • Trump announced on Thursday night on his social media site Truth Social that justice department lawyers had informed his legal team that he had been indicted. Trump said he is due in court next week.
  • The former president has reportedly been charged with seven counts related to the mishandling of classified documents, according to two people familiar with the indictment but not authorised to speak publicly about it.
  • The charges themselves are unclear and remain under seal, one person said. It was not immediately clear if anyone else would be charged in the case.

  • How did this case come about?

    • Officials with the National Archives and Records Administration reached out to representatives for Trump, after his term in office ended in January 2021, when they realised that important material from his time as president were missing from their collection.
    • White House documents are considered property of the US government and must be preserved, according to the Presidential Records Act.
    • A Trump representative told the National Archives in December 2021 that presidential records had been found at Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.
    • In January 2022, the National Archives retrieved 15 boxes of documents from Trump’s Florida home, later telling justice department officials that they contained “a lot” of classified material.

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