It wasn’t like that It wasn’t long ago that it seemed Donald Trump would finally face consequences for his actions in and around his time in office. In April, Trump appealed his conviction in a defamation lawsuit and posted $92 million bail, then the following month he appealed his civil fraud lawsuit and posted $175 million bail. The following month, in May, at his first criminal trial, the former president was convicted of 34 felony counts.
Since then, things have only seemed to get better for the Republican candidate. The Supreme Court ruled that a president is above the law while in office, stymiing the lawsuit against Trump. Then, just days after the assassination attempt on Trump on Saturday, he got the good news that Judge Eileen Cannon in Florida would dismiss the Department of Justice’s classified documents lawsuit against him. And that wasn’t the only good news: On Tuesday, an appeals hearing on Trump’s Georgia lawsuit for organized crime and election fraud was postponed until after the November election.
The hearing followed a two-year investigation by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, which indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants on fraud, conspiracy and election fraud charges for attempting to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia. Trump, who has maintained his innocence, has asked for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to be removed from the case after it was revealed she was romantically involved with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
In March, Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee said he did not believe Willis’s relationship with Wade constituted a conflict of interest, but that it “created the appearance of impropriety” for the prosecution, and ruled that either Willis or Wade must resign. Wade resigned, and Willis remained on the case. McAfee also allowed Trump to appeal Willis’ involvement in the case, which Trump did of course appeal. Arguments were originally scheduled for October 4, but were postponed on Tuesday to December 5.
The Fulton County case is just one of four criminal cases involving Trump.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is investigating Trump’s actions that led to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and has charged him with conspiring to overturn the election results. Smith is also appealing Judge Cannon’s dismissal of the Florida classified documents lawsuit.
In New York, Trump was convicted by a jury of his peers in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. His sentencing was originally scheduled for July 11 but was postponed until at least September 18 after Judge Juan Marchan decided to consider the impact of an immunity lawsuit that was decided the day before the trial was rescheduled.
