The Chances of Donald Trump In Jail Are Growing By The Hour – Former President Donald Trump’s various legal problems are becoming difficult to track. Criminal cases. Civil cases. Expected future cases. Resolved past cases. Campaign finances. Classified documents. Election interferences. It’s all starting to blur together.
Trump has at least five trial dates set for next year. In Manhattan, Trump is facing criminal charges for an alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. In Washington, D.C., Trump is facing criminal charges in two separate cases. The first relates to the handling of classified documents. The second relates to the 2020 election. In Georgia, Trump is expected to be charged in the near future in relation to the 2020 election. And that’s just on the criminal side. On the civil side, Trump is dealing with cases relating to E. Jean Carroll and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
It’s a lot. And it’s all beginning to intersect, bleed together. Not just in the media sense, or the public perception sense. But from a legal sense. The cases are beginning to overlap.
“Actions he takes in one case are coming back to haunt him in others,” POLITICO reported. “Potential trial schedules are starting to conflict. Even a lawyer representing Trump in one of his criminal indictments could be a witness against him in another.”
The various Donald Trump cases are going to overlap
The overlap stems from the nature of the cases – unfolding in different jurisdictions, but with similar casts of characters. And the overlap may in part stem from Trump’s own legal strategies. Either way, Trump’s legal adversaries will look to leverage the sprawling entanglement of the Trump legal complex against the former president.
Temidayo Aganga-Williams, a former prosecutor, believes that those prosecuting Trump will treat Trump’s legal overlap as an opportunity.
“I would look at this as an opportunity,” Aganga-Williams said. “When you have a defendant that’s facing multiple cases, especially in multiple jurisdictions, there’s always opportunity for expanding your base of evidence.”
Here’s an example. Portions of the depositions from Trump’s E. Jean Carroll suit went public, bringing the depositions to the attention of the Manhattan prosecutors charging Trump with violating campaign finance laws. The Manhattan prosecutors then subpoenaed the law firm representing Carroll for the entire Trump deposition, including the portions that were not made public. The subpoenas argument: the full scope of Trump’s depositions comments were relevant to the Manhattan prosecutor’s case. A judge agreed, ruling that the law firm can comply with the subpoena.
Expect similar examples to begin cropping up
“Trump is facing a gauntlet of court dates over the next year at the same time that he is campaigning to return to the White House,” POLITICO reported. “He has five trials set to take place between October 2023 and May 2024: the Manhattan DA’s criminal trial, a federal criminal trial, a New York state civil fraud trial and two federal civil trials. A sixth trial in his newest criminal case – an indictment for trying to overturn the 2020 election – will be scheduled later this month. And he might soon face additional criminal charges in Fulton County, Georgia.”
And what happens in one case is likely to influence what happens in another. The cases will very much be related to one another. And will almost certainly define the 2024 presidential election.
Harrison Kass is the Senior Editor and opinion writer at 19FortyFive. An attorney, pilot, guitarist, and minor pro hockey player, Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison holds a BA from Lake Forest College, a JD from the University of Oregon, and an MA from New York University. Harrison listens to Dokken.
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