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Criminal Prosecutions 2026

Criminal cases against Trump, including the hush-money conviction and election interference allegations.

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Jan 23, 2026
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What is the timeline of Donald Trump’s criminal cases and their statuses as of January 2026?

entered 2026 with the major criminal cases that once shadowed his public life in three distinct outcomes: a criminal conviction stemming from the “hush‑money” case that reached a guilty verdict in 202...

Jan 13, 2026
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What indictments or convictions against Donald Trump remain active as of January 2026?

As of January 2026, the landscape of criminal matters tied to Donald Trump is narrower than at its 2023–2024 peak: his New York conviction in the Stormy Daniels "hush-money" case exists on the record ...

Jan 10, 2026
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Have any lawsuits or criminal charges accused Donald Trump of crimes against children, and what were their outcomes?

Multiple widely circulated claims have alleged Donald Trump committed sexual crimes against minors, but mainstream fact-checking and court records show no criminal indictments charging him with child ...

Jan 15, 2026

How has satire used Stormy Daniels's description of Trump in political protest and art?

Satire has seized on Stormy Daniels’s blunt, visual descriptions of Donald Trump’s anatomy—most notably her “toadstool”/“Mario Kart mushroom” metaphors—to produce a steady stream of public art, cartoo...

Jan 7, 2026

Which Trump cases are still active versus resolved?

As of early January 2026, hundreds of civil and constitutional challenges to actions taken by President Trump’s administration remain active across district courts, appeals courts and the Supreme Cour...

Feb 6, 2026

What legal standards did the Manhattan prosecutors use to link the hush‑money payment to campaign influence?

prosecutors anchored their case on ’s falsifying-business-records statute — elevated to a felony when done “to commit or conceal another crime” — and argued that the “other crime” was an election‑infl...

Feb 3, 2026

What did Madeleine Westerhout testify about in the 2024 Manhattan hush money trial and how was her testimony used?

executive assistant, testified in the about her proximity to in the White House, how Trump reacted when the story about the payment broke, and procedural details about how personal mail and checks rea...

Jan 11, 2026

Which witnesses and cooperating witnesses have testified against Trump in the federal and state prosecutions?

A mix of former aides, media executives, lawyers and potential grand-jury witnesses have either testified against Donald Trump or are reported to be cooperating with prosecutors across his separate fe...