Trump's Legal Cases: What's Happening Through Election Day After Bombshell Jack Smith Report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : He would not have any power over state prosecutions against him, though they could be paused until Trump leaves office.
38% : That ruling has further upended the cases against Trump and resulted in his sentencing in the hush money case getting delayed, in addition to its impact on the election case.
35% : Trump's federal election case started moving forward again in August after the Supreme Court ruled in July that Trump and ex-president's can't be criminally charged for "official acts" in office, disagreeing with district and appeals court judges who said he's not entitled to immunity.
34% : The filing includes a number of new allegations regarding the ex-president's post-election efforts, detailing how Trump pushed fraud claims despite being repeatedly told and seemingly knowing they were false -- allegedly saying he has to "fight" regardless of "if [he] won or lost the election" -- and that those around him similarly didn't believe his fraud claims but pushed them anyway.
33% : In addition to Chutkan's pending decision on how the federal election charges comply with the immunity ruling and the ongoing appeal in the documents case, Trump will also be sentenced after he was convicted in Manhattan on 34 felony counts.
29% : The document uses new evidence to help argue why the government's charges against Trump comply with the Supreme Court's ruling giving the ex-president immunity from charges based on his "official acts" in office, with prosecutors alleging all the conduct at issue was Trump acting as a political candidate and private citizen, rather than as president.
27% : Chutkan released Smith's wide-ranging filing laying out prosecutors' case against Trump on Wednesday, after ruling on what should be redacted in the public filing.
23% : The filing also details Trump's efforts to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the election and his anger at Pence when the vice president refused, with prosecutors alleging that when an aide told Trump that Pence had to be moved to a secure location during the Jan. 6 attack, Trump's response was, "So what?"Trump's legal schedule won't slow down after Election Day through the end of the year.
21% : How the election will affect Trump's cases -- since if Trump wins in November, these next few months will likely be the end for at least some of his criminal proceedings.
21% : Trump has faced a slew of legal issues in recent years after his presidency, including four criminal cases and numerous civil lawsuits.
15% : While the criminal charges against Trump were all brought last year, only the ex-president's Manhattan hush money case has gone to trial so far, as Trump and his attorneys have succeeded in delaying criminal proceedings in other cases.
5% : Trump is also waiting on a ruling from a New York appeals court on whether the ruling finding Trump and his associates liable for fraudulently misstating the value of assets will hold, after appeals judges expressed skepticism of the ruling and the more than $450 million fine Trump's been ordered to pay.

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