Trump Arrested: Analyzing Cases, Differences & What's Next
Now that Trump has been arrested for what we believe to be the final criminal indictment let's look big picture at the four cases, how they're different, and what's next.
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00:00 All 19 defendants facing charges related to efforts to overturn former President Trump's
00:05 loss in the 2020 election there in Georgia have officially turned themselves in.
00:09 They had a noon Eastern deadline today to surrender voluntarily.
00:14 And after Trump surrendered late Thursday, the remaining seven defendants surrendered
00:18 overnight and into the morning there on Friday.
00:21 The district attorney there in Fulton County, Georgia is now requesting for that trial to
00:25 start at the end of October.
00:27 But some of the defendants are now trying to get their cases moved to federal court.
00:33 Now that Donald Trump has been formally arrested for what we believe to be his final criminal
00:37 indictment, let's take a look.
00:39 Big picture at the four cases, how they're different and what's next.
00:44 Four cases in four different parts of the country.
00:47 That's what former President Trump is now facing.
00:50 The president's legal troubles are complex.
00:53 And in all, he's been charged with 91 different criminal counts.
00:57 Two of the cases are in federal court.
00:59 Those stem from Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigations.
01:04 The other two are in state court, one led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
01:08 and the other by D.A.
01:10 Fonny Willis in Fulton County, Georgia.
01:12 Now, even though the cases are playing out separately, there is some overlap.
01:16 The federal Washington, D.C. case and the Fulton County state case are both centered
01:21 on Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
01:25 Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government,
01:31 the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential
01:37 election.
01:38 The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia's legal process for election challenges,
01:47 the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential
01:55 election result.
01:57 The two other cases are unrelated to 2020.
02:00 In New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a 34-count indictment against
02:04 Trump for allegedly falsifying business records.
02:08 Those charges stem from a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.
02:11 Trial is scheduled for March 2024.
02:14 And in the federal case in Florida, Trump is facing 40 charges linked to alleged mishandling
02:18 of classified documents and obstruction of justice for resisting calls to give those
02:22 documents back.
02:24 Trump has two co-defendants, Walt Nauda and Carlos de Oliveira, and trial is set for May
02:28 2024.
02:31 We are likely to see numerous court filings and hearings as each one of these cases works
02:36 its way toward trial.
02:38 After each indictment, former President Trump denied any wrongdoing.
02:42 Stephanie Liebergen, Scripps News, Washington.