Trump trial: Legal cases here, there and everywhere

Former President Donald Trump was in and out of federal court in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Monday for a closed-door hearing on the case. accuses him of illegally withholding confidential documents after leaving office.

In Washington, the Supreme Court was about to receive a presentation from him on his latest efforts to do so claim immunity in view of separate charges of conspiracy to overturn the election of 2020.

The Georgia judge overseeing the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn his election defeat in that state will hold a hearing Thursday to decide whether to disqualify the district attorney who brought the charges.

The trial on March 25th

And in New York, a judge ruled that the former president and GOP favorite will face his first jury-picked criminal trial on March 25, in the second case he faces in that city just two blocks apart , with major implications for both himself and his real estate business.

It’s been like this for almost a year Trump has been caught in a web of lawsuits so intricate it almost defies understanding. The panoply of proceedings amounts to a test of the justice system’s ability to handle a slew of criminal and civil charges against a former and potentially future president of correct and efficient way and in the context of a campaign in which made their treatment a central issue.

Lawsuits everywhere during the campaign

The logistics alone are daunting, as Trump claims faces four criminal trials in four cities, In addition to numerous civil lawsuits, Also during the election campaign return to the White House.

No person or authority is coordinating the arrangements, as this week makes clear. At times, the task looked as if competing air traffic controllers were attempting to land multiple different planes on the same runway as a hurricane approached.

Every new development has ripple effects, and several cases could reach a tipping point this week, with perhaps profound, but as yet unknown, implications for their broader legal situation and their legal situation. the future of his presidential candidacy.

To further complicate matters, Trump has not avoided his legal troubles and chose to turn the proceedings into something similar to the events of the campaign.

Against the normal rules of politics, his litany of court troubles doesn’t seem to hurt him him or his electoral ambitions, but seems to have increased his standing among his followers.

He has appeared frequently in court, making talking points and attacking the variety of legal cases he faces. like a collective “witch hunt”. deliberately designed to damage his position in the polls. At the same time, he also used real events from the election campaign to describe his judicial actions. as acts of partisan persecution.

And at least until now, he reached it, managing to gain political advantage by highlighting, rather than downplaying, efforts to use the courts to hold him accountable. However, opinion polls have suggested that his popularity among voters could be seriously compromised If any of the cases you face results in a conviction.

Part of the reason for the complexity of the various procedures is that Trump he tirelessly tried to postpone the trials until after the November elections.