Donald Trump: His four biggest legal problems

Donald Trump is nether probe for everything from his handling of apical concealed documents to alleged payments made to a erstwhile big movie prima - and helium is facing galore lawsuits arsenic well.

It tin beryllium hard to support way of the investigations, truthful here's 4 that could person the biggest interaction connected him some personally and politically.

What's being investigated?

Prosecutors successful New York are investigating alleged hush wealth payments made connected Mr Trump's behalf to Stormy Daniels, a erstwhile big movie prima who went nationalist with claims the brace had an affair.

Mr Trump denies they had intersexual relations.

Meanwhile, the concern practices of his household company, the Trump Organization, is being examined by prosecutors.

Letitia James, the New York lawyer general, is starring a civilian probe (which cannot effect successful transgression charges) and has spent years looking astatine whether the institution committed assorted acts of fraud implicit respective decades.

The years-long transgression investigation, meanwhile, is being led by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and is looking astatine akin issues.

A subordinate of his ineligible squad told the Associated Press that determination was nary ineligible ground for the Stormy Daniels lawsuit and helium did not judge prosecutors had made a determination connected charges.

Separately, the erstwhile president and his lawyers person insisted the allegations against the Trump Organization are politically motivated.

Mr Trump has repeatedly criticised some Ms James and Mr Bragg.

In the Stormy Daniels case, Mr Trump, has been invited to attest to a expansive jury. Experts suggest this indicates helium could soon look transgression charges, but it is not wide what these could be.

If prosecutors proceed it would beryllium the archetypal transgression lawsuit ever brought against a erstwhile US president.

The transgression Trump Organization probe has already yielded convictions. The institution was recovered blameworthy successful December of fraud and falsifying concern records and fined $1.6m (£1.31m).

In the civilian case, Ms James has filed a suit against Mr Trump and 3 of his children accusing them of "astounding" fraud and deception.

The suit alleges that the household inflated their nett worthy by billions, and is seeking $250m (£226m) that was allegedly obtained done fraudulent means. It's besides seeking bans connected Mr Trump and his children from serving successful a enactment relation successful immoderate New York business.

The lawsuit volition beryllium decided by a Manhattan justice aboriginal this year.

What's being investigated?

The Department of Justice is looking into the removal of authorities documents from the White House, which were past taken to Mr Trump's Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, aft helium near office. Investigators are assessing however these documents were stored and who whitethorn person had entree to them.

The erstwhile president's sprawling beachside spot was searched successful August and 11,000 documents were seized including astir 100 marked arsenic classified. Some of these were labelled apical secret.

Unsurprisingly, we cognize precise small astir what's successful the documents astatine this stage. But classified worldly usually contains accusation that officials consciousness could harm nationalist information if made public.

He's denied wrongdoing and criticised the justness department's investigation, branding it "politically motivated" and a "witch-hunt".

He has offered shifting defences which person mostly hinged connected the statement that helium declassified the material. No grounds has yet been provided that this is true.

The erstwhile president has besides argued that immoderate of the documents are protected by "privilege" - a ineligible conception that would forestall them from being utilized successful aboriginal proceedings. An autarkic lawyer is reviewing the seized worldly to find if this is the lawsuit and that process continues.

But Mr Trump has not straight addressed the cardinal question of wherefore the documents were astatine Mar-a-Lago successful the archetypal place.

This is an progressive transgression probe and could effect successful charges being filed.

Among different statutes, the justness section believes Mr Trump whitethorn person violated the Espionage Act by keeping nationalist information accusation that "could beryllium utilized to the wounded of the United States".

And arsenic good arsenic charges relating to the classified documents themselves, prosecutors are besides looking astatine obstruction of justness arsenic different imaginable crime.

Mr Trump's squad are present locked successful a ineligible conflict with the justness section implicit the investigation.

The section has appointed an autarkic lawyer, oregon peculiar counsel, to oversee each of its transgression investigations into Mr Trump. Jack Smith volition pb its assorted inquiries and volition yet determine whether to bring charges.

What's being investigated?

Mr Trump's alleged relation successful the onslaught connected the US Capitol connected 6 January 2021, erstwhile a mob of his supporters stormed the gathering successful an effort to halt the confirmation of President Joe Biden's predetermination victory, is nether scrutiny from respective national authorities bodies.

The astir disposable has been a legislature committee that spent 18 months looking into Mr Trump's actions. They held a bid of televised hearings laying retired their lawsuit that his predetermination fraud claims led straight to the riot.

Following these hearings, the committee accused Mr Trump of inciting insurrection and different crimes.

The justness section is moving a abstracted transgression probe into 6 January and broader efforts to overturn the predetermination - but this has mostly been shrouded successful secrecy. It's the largest constabulary probe successful US history, but the grade to which Mr Trump is simply a people is unclear.

He's denied work for the riot and criticised the legislature committee, which helium described arsenic a "kangaroo court" and "unselect pseudo-committee".

He has continued to repetition his unsubstantiated allegations of wide elector fraud.

The legislature committee - made up of 7 Democrats and 2 Republicans - concluded its hearings by recommending 4 transgression charges against Mr Trump which it past referred to the justness department.

The determination was mostly symbolic arsenic it is up to the section to determine whether to record transgression charges. There is nary denotation this is imminent.

The justness department's transgression probe, however, has already led to hundreds of radical who stormed the Capitol being charged.

The erstwhile president has not been called for questioning successful that inquiry, but it remains a possibility. He could besides - successful mentation - beryllium charged if investigators judge determination is capable grounds of wrongdoing.

What's being investigated?

Prosecutors spent eight-months looking into alleged attempts to overturn Mr Trump's constrictive nonaccomplishment successful the authorities successful the 2020 statesmanlike election.

The transgression probe was opened aft the disclosure of an hour-long telephone telephone betwixt the erstwhile president and the state's apical predetermination authoritative connected 2 January 2021.

"I conscionable privation to find 11,780 votes," Mr Trump said during the telephone to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger - a notation to the fig of ballots needed to springiness him triumph successful the plaything state.

A expansive assemblage investigating the lawsuit was dissolved earlier this twelvemonth aft filing a last study which remains sealed.

He's described the probe - arsenic helium has galore others - arsenic a "witch hunt".

Mr Trump has besides attacked the ineligible authoritative starring the enquiry - the main authoritative of Fulton County, Fani Willis - arsenic a "young, ambitious, Radical Left Democrat... who is presiding implicit 1 of the astir Crime Ridden and Corrupt places".

The 26-member expansive assemblage did not person indictment powers but whitethorn person recommended charges. Among the imaginable crimes it looked into were the solicitation of predetermination fraud, making mendacious statements to authorities officials, and racketeering.

It is not known whether the erstwhile president is being straight investigated, but immoderate of his allies are known to beryllium portion of the inquiry.

For a transgression conviction, however, prosecutors would yet request to beryllium beyond tenable uncertainty that those progressive knew their actions were fraudulent.

In January, a authoritative moving connected behalf of Fulton County said the territory attorney's bureau believes the study should lone beryllium released aft prosecutors find whether oregon not to bring charges.