Domain 01
Criminal Matters
Felony convictions, criminal indictments, and cases resulting in formal criminal proceedings.
18 entries
Civil Contempt of Court: Trump Fined $110,000 for Failing to Comply with Attorney General Subpoena
2022 - 2023
On April 25, 2022, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron held Donald Trump in civil contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James as ...
Contempt of Congress Conviction: Peter Navarro's Refusal to Comply with January 6 Committee Subpoena
2022 - 2024
Peter Navarro, a senior White House trade adviser under Donald Trump, was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress on September 7, 2023, for defying a subpoena issued by the House Select Commit...
Steve Bannon's Criminal Contempt of Congress: Conviction, Sentencing, and Imprisonment for Defying the January 6 Committee Subpoena
2021 - 2026
Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist in the Trump White House from January to August 2017 and remained a prominent political ally of Donald Trump, was indicted, convicted, and imprisoned for c...
Allen Weisselberg's Serial Legal Proceedings and the Unanswered Question: Why No Trump Family Member Was Individually Charged Despite Organizational Convictions
2021 - 2024
Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was the central figure in three separate criminal proceedings between 2022 and 2024, each of which raised questions a...
Federal Classified Documents Indictment: 40 Felony Counts for Willful Retention of National Defense Information
2021 - 2024
On June 8, 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Case No. 9:23-cr-80101) for retaining clas...
Federal Election Obstruction Indictment: Four Felony Counts for Conspiracy to Overturn 2020 Election
2020 - 2024
On August 1, 2023, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging Donald Trump with four felony counts related to his conduct between the November 2020 election and t...
Georgia RICO Indictment: 41-Count Racketeering Case for Conspiracy to Overturn 2020 Election Results
2020 - 2025
On August 14, 2023, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants on 41 counts arising from an alleged conspiracy to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results. The ...
Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Implicating Trump as 'Individual-1' Who Directed Campaign Finance Violations
2018 - 2018
On August 21, 2018, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to eight federal charges: five c...
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Convictions: Giuliani Associates Convicted of Funneling Foreign Money into U.S. Elections and Trump's Political Orbit
2018 - 2022
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, both Soviet-born businessmen and associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested on October 9, 2019, at Dulles International Airport while attempting to board a one-way flight t...
Paul Manafort Criminal Convictions: Eight Federal Felony Counts and Subsequent Plea Deal, Sentencing, and Presidential Pardon
2017 - 2020
Paul Manafort served as chairman of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign from June to August 2016. On October 30, 2017, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office indicted Manafort on charges relate...
The Unprecedented Scope of Criminal Charges Among Trump Associates: A Pattern of Convictions, Pardons, and Obstruction Across Multiple Investigations
2017 - 2024
Between 2017 and 2024, an extraordinary number of people in Donald Trump's political and business orbit were criminally charged, convicted, or pleaded guilty to federal and state crimes. No prior Amer...
Elliott Broidy Guilty Plea: Top Trump Fundraiser Acted as Unregistered Foreign Agent for Chinese and Malaysian Interests
2017 - 2021
Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser and former deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, pleaded guilty on October 20, 2020, to a federal charge of conspiring to act as an ...
Michael Flynn Guilty Plea, DOJ Motion to Dismiss, and Presidential Pardon: National Security Adviser Convicted of Lying to the FBI
2017 - 2020
Michael Flynn served as National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump for 24 days, from January 20 to February 13, 2017. He resigned after reports revealed that he had misled Vice President Mike...
Rick Gates Guilty Plea: Conspiracy Against the United States and Lying to the FBI
2016 - 2019
On February 23, 2018, Rick Gates, Donald Trump's deputy campaign chairman during the 2016 presidential election, pleaded guilty to two federal charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's offic...
George Papadopoulos Guilty Plea: Trump Campaign Adviser Lied to FBI About Russian Contacts
2016 - 2020
George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, pleaded guilty on October 5, 2017, to making materially false statements to FBI agents about his contacts wi...
Felony Conviction: 34 Counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (New York, 2024)
2016 - 2025
On May 30, 2024, a Manhattan jury unanimously convicted Donald J. Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, making him the first former or sitting U.S. president to...
Trump Organization Criminal Tax Fraud: Felony Convictions for 15-Year Off-the-Books Compensation Scheme
2005 - 2023
On December 6, 2022, a Manhattan jury found The Trump Corporation and The Trump Payroll Corp. guilty on all 17 felony counts for their role in a 15-year scheme to defraud federal, New York State, and ...
Allen Weisselberg Tax Fraud Guilty Plea: 15 Felony Counts for a 15-Year Scheme at the Trump Organization
2005 - 2023
On August 18, 2022, Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty to 15 felony counts in a New York State case arising from a 15-year tax fraud sche...