Donald Trump faces up to 6 trials ahead of presidential poll

Donald Trump’s legal woes are mounting just as the race for the 2024 presidential election heats up. The former president, who’s campaigning for another term in the White House, potentially faces as many as six criminal and civil cases in the next year, including lawsuits against him, his family and companies. The four criminal indictments pose the greatest threat to the former president because they all carry potential prison terms.

Five of those trials have already been scheduled. The trials, some of which are expected to last for weeks, overlap with key primary election dates, raising questions about the obstacles and consequences Trump will have to face as he ramps up his 2024 campaign.

Two cases were brought by the Justice Department, another by state prosecutors in Manhattan and most recently, Georgia state prosecutors filed a racketeering indictment against the former president and 18 codefendants. The trial date for the Georgia case remains up in the air. Trump also faces two civil suits in both state and federal court in New York.


Trump's trial in Washington is set for March 4 on federal charges that he conspired to obstruct the 2020 presidential election. That means the trial is set to start the day before Super Tuesday when 14 states, including delegate-rich Texas and California, hold their primaries.