Trump Goes to Court.....A LOT.
Trump uses the courts or threats of litigation to avoid paying his bills. Source
According to a 2016 USA Today analysis, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in 3,500 legal cases in U.S. federal and state courts during the previous three decades, Click source for a breakdown and outcome of those cases. Below is a list and summary of more, over 20 active, recent cases.
Litigation Tracker: Pending Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump (Originally published in Just Security on Feb. 28, 2021; continually updated site)
Civil Cases:
1. E. Jean Carroll 1.0: Defamation and Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation: Carroll is suing Trump for defamation after he publicly accused her, in June 2019, of fabricating a rape allegation against him.
2. E. Jean Carroll 2.0: Battery and Defamation SuingTrump for battery alleging he raped her
3. Summer Zervos Defamation Suit (CASE CLOSED)
4. Mary Trump Fraud Litigation: Trump for defrauding her out of millions of dollars in an inheritance dispute.
5. Panama Hotel Fraud and Tax Litigation (CASE CLOSED)
6. Doe v. The Trump Corporation Class Action:Trumps used their brand to scam investors into paying for worthless business opportunities.
7. DC Civil Suit over Misuse of 2017 Inauguration Funds (CASE CLOSED): Trump’s inaugural committee agreed to settle the suit by paying a total of
$750,000.
8. Reps. Karen Bass et al. Incitement Suit for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack: , represented by the NAACP, are suing Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and two right wing
militia groups for conspiring to forcibly prevent Congress from counting the Electoral College votes on Jan. 6.
9. Eric Swalwell Incitement Suit for Jan. 6 Riots: defendants violated federal civil rights laws–including the Ku Klux Klan Act–when they conspired to
interfere with the Electoral College Count on Jan 6.
10. Capitol Police Suit for Jan. 6 Riots:sued Donald Trump for injuries they sustained while protecting the Capitol.
11. Second Capitol Police Suit for Jan. 6 Riots
12. Third Capitol Police Suit over the Jan. 6 Riots
13. Metropolitan Police Suit over the Jan. 6 Riots: injuries they suffered were caused by Trump’s inciting the Jan. 6 riot. The complaint alleges that
Trump directed, aided and abetted, and conspired to incite the riot
14. NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund Voting Rights Case for Post-Election Actions: Trump Campaign, and the RNC for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election
in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act
15. New York Attorney General’s Civil and Criminal Investigations: Trump Campaign, and the RNC for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in
violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act...no longer purely civil in nature. We are now actively investigating the Trump
Organizations in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA.”
16. Scotland Unexplained Wealth Orders: Scottish Parliament voted to reject an investigation into unexplained cash transactions
17. Trump Tower Assault Suit (CLOSED)
18. Michael Cohen Retaliatory Imprisonment Suit: retaliating against Cohen after he announced a tell-all book detailing his years of legal work for Trump.
Criminal Cases:
19. Criminal Investigations into Trump’s Finances: potential tax crimes, insurance fraud, and other financial crimes under state law. Criminal charges have not been filed against Trump, but have been filed against his longtime CFO and against the Trump Organization.(Multiple criminal updates)
20. DC AG Incitement Criminal Investigation:.. criminal investigation into Trump’s alleged role in provoking the Jan. 6th riots
21. Fulton County, Georgia Criminal Election Influence Investigation: ..criminal investigation into attempted election interference by Trump. ....Update..“whether there were unlawful attempts to disrupt the administration of the 2020 elections here in Georgia.”
22. t, New York Criminal Investigation of Trump Organization Golf Course; ...Trump Organization misled local officials on the property values of its golf course in order to reduce its taxes.
23. National Archives Referral for Mishandled Classified Materials: ...On or before Apr. 29, 2022, the Justice Department notified Trump’s counsel Evan Corcoran that the Department had an “ongoing criminal investigation” into the handling of the government documents marked as classified. MULTIPLE UPDATES AND FURTHER CHARGES
Related to the issue of Trump's problem in the courts, there are the difficulties his lawyer face and his lies.
17 lawyers have been sanctioned or their licenses suspended.
Here are a few of his latest lies.
Most of the 30k lies are simply untrue, narcissistic, and hyperbole, added to a brag that might or might not be true. Examples: JAN. 21 “I wasn't a fan of Iraq. I didn't want to go into Iraq.”
(He was for an invasion before he was against it.) JAN. 21 “A reporter for Time magazine — and I have
been on their cover 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the history of Time magazine.”
(Trump was on the cover 11 times and Nixon appeared 55
times.) JAN. 23 “Between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused me to lose the popular vote.”
(There's no evidence of illegal voting.) JAN. 25 “Now, the audience
was the biggest ever. But this crowd was massive. Look how far back it goes. This crowd was massive.”
(Official aerial photos show Obama's 2009 inauguration was much
more heavily attended.) JAN. 25 “Take a look at the Pew reports (which show voter fraud.)”
(The report never mentioned voter fraud.) JAN. 25 “You had millions of
people that now aren't insured anymore.”
(The real number is less than 1 million, according to the Urban Institute.) JAN. 25 “So, look, when President Obama was there
two weeks ago making a speech, very nice speech. Two people were shot and killed during his speech. You can't have that.”
(There were no gun homicide victims in Chicago
that day.)